Psalm 18:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The cords of the grave surrounded me; death’s traps held me tight.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Their sound has gone forth through all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.

Psalm 18:5 Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Psalm 124:4

then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;

Psalm 69:16

Answer me, O Lord, for thy steadfast love is good; according to thy abundant mercy, turn to me.

Psalm 86:13

For great is thy steadfast love toward me; thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.