Verse Comparison: Psalms 18:5
American Standard Version
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Amplified® Bible
The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted {and} came upon me.
Contemporary English Version
Ropes from the world of the dead had coiled around me, and death had set a trap in my path.
Darby English Version
The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
Good News Bible
The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.
King James Version
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
New American Standard Bible
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
New International Version
The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
New King James Version
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Revised Standard Version
the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.
Young's Literal Translation
Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
