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2 Samuel 22:5–6

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5“For athe waves of death encompassed me;

bThe torrents of 1destruction 2overwhelmed me;

6aThe cords of 1Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Heb Belial
  2. 2Or terrified
  3. 1I.e. the nether world

Cross references

  1. aPs 93:4; Jon 2:3
  2. bPs 69:14, 15
  3. aPs 116:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“For the waves of death encompassed me,

the torrents of destruction assailed me;

the cords of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The waves of death swirled about me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the waves of death engulfed me;

the torrents of destruction terrified me.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The waves of death overwhelmed me;

floods of destruction swept over me.

The grave wrapped its ropes around me;

death laid a trap in my path.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the breaker waves of death engulfed me;

the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The ropes of Sheol entangled me;

the snares of death confronted me.

KJV 1900King James Version

When the waves of death compassed me,

The floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

The sorrows of hell compassed me about;

The snares of death prevented me;