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


In Context

2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

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

4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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

6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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