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


In Context

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

3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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

6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. 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 angry.

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 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.