Psalm 18:5
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Note sorrows: or, cords
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
Note Sheol is the place of the dead.
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- The sorrows, or, cords
- Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:3–8, 15–17; Acts 2:24
- snares
- Ecclesiastes 9:12