2 Samuel 22:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

New Living Translation
The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.

English Standard Version
the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

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

New American Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

NASB 1995
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

NASB 1977
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Amplified Bible
“The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Christian Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

Contemporary English Version
Ropes from the world of the dead had coiled around me, and death had set a trap in my path.

Good News Translation
The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ropes of the grave had surrounded me. The clutches of death had confronted me.

International Standard Version
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.

NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

New King James Version
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

King James 2000 Bible
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

New Heart English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

World English Bible
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.

American King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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

A Faithful Version
The sorrows of the grave hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.

Darby Bible Translation
The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

English Revised Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came upon me.

Webster's Bible Translation
The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about: the snares of death ouertooke mee.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The sorowes of hell compassed me about, the snares of death ouertoke me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The paynes of hell came aboute me, and the snares of death had ouertaken me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, "" The snares of death have been before me.

Young's Literal Translation
The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

Smith's Literal Translation
The pangs of hades surrounded me; The snares of death anticipated me;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The ropes of Hell have encompassed me. The snares of death have intercepted me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The pains of Sheol were around me and the snares of death in front of me!

Lamsa Bible
The pangs of Sheol compassed me about; the snares of death lay ahead of me;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of Death confronted me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.
















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