6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.


In Context

3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.

4 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

5 For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

6 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

7 In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears.

8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

2 Samuel 22:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:6The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:6The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:6The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came upon me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:6The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;