Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.
New American Standard Bible
The snares of death confronted me.
King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Holman Bible
the snares of death confronted me.
A Conservative Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me.
American Standard Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Amplified
“The cords of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
Bible in Basic English
The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Darby Translation
The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
Julia Smith Translation
The pangs of hades surrounded me; The snares of death anticipated me;
King James 2000
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;
Lexham Expanded Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
Modern King James verseion
The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me.
NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.
New Heart English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
The Emphasized Bible
the meshes of hades, had surrounded me, - the snares of death had confronted me,
Webster
The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;
World English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
Youngs Literal Translation
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
Interlinear
Chebel
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
5 Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me. 6 Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me. 7 I cried out to the LORD in the middle of my troubles; I cried out to my God. He listened to my voice from his sanctuary, and my call for help was heard.
Cross References
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
Job 36:8
"If they're bound in chains, caught in ropes of affliction,
Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalm 140:5
The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude
Proverbs 5:22
The wicked person's iniquities will capture him, and he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 13:14
What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, enabling anyone to escape the snares of death.
Jonah 2:2
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.
Acts 2:24
But God raised him up and put an end to suffering of death, since it was impossible for him to be held by it,