5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.


In Context

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

3 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalm 18:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:5The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:5The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:5The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.