Psalms 18:5

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

The sorrows {H2256} of hell {H7585} compassed me about {H5437}: the snares {H4170} of death {H4194} prevented {H6923} me.

the ropes of Sh'ol were wrapped around me, the snares of death lay there before me.

The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 86:13 (3 votes)

    For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

  • Psalms 88:3 (3 votes)

    For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

  • Psalms 88:8 (3 votes)

    Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Acts 2:24 (2 votes)

    Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

  • Psalms 116:3 (2 votes)

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Psalms 88:15 (2 votes)

    I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

  • Psalms 88:17 (2 votes)

    They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.