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OET-LV [fn] the_cords of_Shəʼōl entangled_me confronted_me snares of_death.
18:6 Note: KJB: Ps.18.5
UHB 6 חֶבְלֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל סְבָב֑וּנִי קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃ ‡
(6 ḩeⱱlēy shəʼōl şəⱱāⱱūnī qiddəmūnī mōqəshēy māvet.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν·
(Eis pasan taʸn gaʸn exaʸlthen ho fthongos autōn, kai eis ta perata taʸs oikoumenaʸs ta ɽaʸmata autōn; )
BrTr Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
ULT The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me.
UST It was as though the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or it was as though there was a trap that would seize and kill me.
BSB The cords of Sheol entangled me;
⇔ the snares of death confronted me.
OEB Sheol threw cords around me,
⇔ snares of death came to meet me.
WEBBE The cords of Sheol[fn] were around me.
⇔ The snares of death came on me.
18:5 Sheol is the place of the dead.
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
NET The ropes of Sheol tightened around me,
⇔ the snares of death trapped me.
LSV Cords of Sheol have surrounded me,
Snares of death have been before me.
FBV The grave wound its ropes around me; death set snares for me.
T4T It was as though the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me,
⇔ or it was as though there was a trap [MET] that would seize and kill me.
LEB • the snares of death confronted me.
BBE The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
Moff deadly nets entangled me,
⇔ and fatal snares surprised me.
JPS (18-6) The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
ASV The cords of Sheol were round about me;
⇔ The snares of death came upon me.
DRA Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.
YLT Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.
Drby The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
RV The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me.
Wbstr The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me.
KJB-1769 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.[fn]
(The sorrows of hell compassd me about: the snares of death prevented me. )
18.5 sorrows: or, cords
KJB-1611 [fn]The sorrowes of hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me.
(The sorrowes of hell compassd me about: the snares of death prevented me.)
18:5 Or, coards.
Bshps The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.
(The panges of a grave have compassd me about: the snares of death overtoke me.)
Gnva The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.
(The sorrows of the grave have compassd me about: the snares of death overtooke me. )
Cvdl Yet in my trouble I called vpo the LORDE, & coplayned vnto my God.
(Yet in my trouble I called upo the LORD, and coplayned unto my God.)
Wycl The soun of hem yede out in to al erthe; and the wordis of hem `yeden out in to the endis of the world.
(The soun of them went out in to all earth; and the words of them `yeden out in to the endis of the world.)
Luth Denn es umfingen mich des Todes Bande, und die Bäche Belials erschreckten mich;
(Because it umfingen me the Todes Bande, and the Bäche Belials erschreckten mich;)
ClVg In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eorum.
(In omnem the_earth/land exivit sonus their, and in fines orbis terræ words their. )
Ps 18 This royal drama of divine rescue (also found with minor variations in 2 Sam 22:1-51) encourages readers who are following the laments and requests for rescue in Pss 16 and 17. The psalmist describes the dramatic nature of God’s rescue in three different ways (18:7-15, 16-19, 30-36). The psalm also extends hope that a future Son of David will be totally victorious over evil (18:43-50; cp. Ps 2).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death trapped me
(Some words not found in UHB: encompassed,me cords death and,torrents destruction overwhelmed,me )
Here “Sheol,” the place of the dead, and “death” are spoken of as if they were people who could surround and trap him. These two clauses have similar meanings and the idea is repeated for emphasis. Alternate translation: “I felt trapped and thought I was going to die” (See also: figs-metaphor and figs-parallelism)