Verse Comparison: Psalms 18:4
American Standard Version
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Amplified® Bible
The cords {or} bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness {and} the torrents of ruin terrified me.
Contemporary English Version
Death had wrapped its ropes around me, and I was almost swallowed by its flooding waters.
Darby English Version
The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Good News Bible
The danger of death was all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me.
King James Version
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
New American Standard Bible
The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
New International Version
The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
New King James Version
The pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The cords of death encompassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness terrified me.
Revised Standard Version
The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
Young's Literal Translation
Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.