Psalms 18:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.”
Psalms 18:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Psalms 18:5 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Psalms 18:5 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Psalms 18:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.”
Psalms 18:5 — World English Bible
Psalms 18:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.”
Psalms 18:5 — American Standard Version
Psalms 18:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.”
Psalms 18:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Psalms 18:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. ”
Psalms 18:5 — Darby Translation
Psalms 18:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.”
Psalms 18:5 — Geneva Bible
Psalms 18:5 in Context — Psalms 18
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
What Does Psalms 18:5 Mean?
Psalms 18:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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