Psalm 116:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

More versions

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 the day I go about mourning.

Luke 22:44

Hebrews 5:7

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