Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
New American Standard Bible
And the
I found distress and sorrow.
King James Version
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Holman Bible
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
A Conservative Version
The cords of death encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow.
American Standard Version
The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Amplified
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Bible in Basic English
The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
Darby Translation
The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Julia Smith Translation
The pains of death surrounded me, and the distresses of hades found me: shall find straits and affliction.
King James 2000
The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pangs of sheol got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.
Modern King James verseion
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The snares of death compassed me round about, the pains of hell got hold upon me.
NET Bible
The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
New Heart English Bible
The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
The Emphasized Bible
The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Webster
The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell came upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
World English Bible
The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Youngs Literal Translation
Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Themes
Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 116:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving For God's Deliverance
2 for he listens to me whenever I call. 3 The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the LORD, "LORD, please deliver me!"
Cross References
Psalm 18:4-6
The cords of death entangled me; the rivers of Belial made me afraid.
Psalm 32:3-4
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.
Psalm 38:6
I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.
Psalm 88:6-7
You have assigned me to the lowest part of the Pit, to the darkest depths.
Isaiah 53:3-4
"He was despised and rejected by others, and a man of sorrows, intimately familiar with suffering; and like one from whom people hide their faces; and we despised him and did not value him.
Jonah 2:2-3
He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.
Mark 14:33-36
He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.
Luke 22:44
In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.
Hebrews 5:7
As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.