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


In Context

2 Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

3 The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

4 Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

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

6 In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

7 And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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