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


In Context

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

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

4 The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.

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

6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and I cried out to my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, 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 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.