2 Samuel 22:6
4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- KJV
- The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- WEB
- The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
- ASV
- The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
- DARBY
- The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
- BLB
- the sorrows of Sheol surrounded me, the snares of death confronted me.
- ÅB
- Dødsrikets rep omgav meg, dødens snarer overfalt meg.
- OTB
- Dødsrikets snarer omringet meg;
Dødens feller konfronterte meg. - B1930
- Dødsrikets rep omgav mig, dødens snarer overfalt mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 116:3
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Read in contextProverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Read in contextJob 36:8
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Read in contextProverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Read in contextJonah 2:2
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Read in contextPsalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Read in contextPsalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Read in context