Psalm 116:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ The sorrows of death compassed me, And the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The cords and sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of Sheol (the place of the dead) had laid hold of me; I suffered anguish and grief (trouble and sorrow).

American Standard Version (1901)

³ The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Common English Bible

³ Death’s ropes bound me; the distress of the grave found me— I came face-to-face with trouble and grief.

Psalm 116:3 Cross References

Psalm 38:6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.

Luke 22:44

In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]]

Hebrews 5:7

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.