2 Samuel 22 · Verse 6

2 Samuel 22:6

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel 22:6, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:6 in other translations

BSBThe cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
WEBThe cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
ASVThe cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
YLTThe cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
DARBYThe bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
BBEThe cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
WebsterThe sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me;

2 Samuel 22:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֶבְלֵ֥יchev.Lei[the] cords ofH2256
שְׁא֖וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
סַבֻּ֑נִיsa.Bu.nithey surrounded meH5437
קִדְּמֻ֖נִיki.de.Mu.nithey confronted meH6923
מֹֽקְשֵׁי\־mo.ke.shei-[the] snares ofH4170
מָֽוֶת\׃Ma.vetdeathH4194

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:6

  • Psalms 116:3

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Proverbs 14:27

    The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Job 36:8

    And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

  • Proverbs 13:14

    The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  • Jonah 2:2

    And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

  • Psalms 140:5

    The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Psalms 18:5

    The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

  • Acts 2:24

    Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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sorrows. or, cords.
Job 36:8; Ps 18:5; 116:3; 140:5; Pr 5:22; Jon 2:2; Ac 2:24
the snares.
Pr 13:14; 14:27

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:5

    When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

  • 2 Samuel 22:6

    The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

  • 2 Samuel 22:7

    In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

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2 Samuel 22:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Me rodearon los dolores del infierno, y me tomaron descuidado lazos de muerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les cordeaux du shéol m’ont entouré, les filets de la mort m’ont surpris:
German
Elberfelder 1871
die Bande des Scheols umringten mich, es ereilten mich die Fallstricke des Todes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Funes inferni circumdederunt me: prævenerunt me laquei mortis.