PSA 116:3 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The cords of death surrounded me,
⇔ and the snares of Sheol confronted me;
⇔ I felt anguish and sorrow.

UST Everything around me caused me to think that I would die;
⇔ I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are.
⇔ I was very distressed and afraid.

BSB ⇔ The ropes of death entangled me;
⇔ the anguish of Sheol overcame me;
⇔ I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

OEB ⇔ About me were snares of death,
⇔ the anguish of Sheol was upon me:
⇔ distress and sorrow were mine.

WEBBE The cords of death surrounded me,
⇔ the pains of Sheol[fn] got a hold of me.
⇔ I found trouble and sorrow.

116:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET The ropes of death tightened around me,
⇔ the snares of Sheol confronted me.
⇔ I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

LSV Cords of death have surrounded me,
And straits of Sheol have found me,
I find distress and sorrow.

FBV I was caught in the snares of death; I was trapped by terrors of the grave. All I experienced was suffering and grief.

T4T ⇔ Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die;
⇔ I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are.
⇔ I was very distressed/worried and afraid.

LEB • The ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. • I found trouble and grief.

BBE The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

Moff Death had netted me, in desperate straits,
⇔ I was in anguish and despair;

JPS The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

ASV The cords of death compassed me,
⇔ And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:
⇔ I found trouble and sorrow.

DRA No DRA PSA 116:3 verse available

YLT Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

Drby The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:

RV The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Wbstr The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell came upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

KJB-1769 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.[fn]
(The sorrows of death compassd me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. )

116.3 gat…: Heb. found me

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]The sorrowes of death compassed me, and the paines of hell gate hold vpon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
(The sorrowes of death compassd me, and the pains of hell gate hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.)

116:3 Psal.18. 5.6.

116:3 Hebr. found me.

Bshps The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me. I founde anguishe and heauinesse,
(The snares of death compassd me round about: and the pains of hell took hold on me. I found anguishe and heauinesse,)

Gnva When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.
(When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the grave caught me: when I found trouble and sorowe. )

Cvdl The snares of death copased me rounde aboute, the paynes of hell gat holde vpon me,
(The snares of death copased me round about, the pains of hell gat hold upon me,)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 116:3 verse available

Luth Stricke des Todes hatten mich umfangen, und Angst der Hölle hatte mich getroffen; ich kam in Jammer und Not
(Stricke the Todes hatten me umfangen, and Angst the/of_the hell had me getroffen; I came in Yammer and Not)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 116:3 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

The cords of death surrounded me

(Some words not found in UHB: encompassed,me ropes death and,pangs sheol came_upon,me trouble and,sorrow found )

The writer speaks of death as if it were a person who could capture him and bind him with ropes. See how you translated this in Psalms 18:4. Alternate translation: “I felt like I was about to die” (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

the snares of Sheol confronted me

(Some words not found in UHB: encompassed,me ropes death and,pangs sheol came_upon,me trouble and,sorrow found )

The writer speaks of “Sheol,” the place of the dead, as if it were a person who could trap him with snares. Alternate translation: “I felt as if I were ready to enter the grave” (See also: figs-metaphor)

Parallel PSA 116:3