Psalm 116:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ The cords of death were around me, And the pains of She’ol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

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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 have been bent down; I have been bowed down very much; All day long I have gone mourning.

Luke 22:44

And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Hebrews 5:7

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear,