Psalm 116:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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 pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Luke 22:44

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,