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2 Samuel 22:5–6

5 For the waves of death encompassed me,

the torrents of perdition assailed me;

6 the cords of Sheol entangled me,

the snares of death confronted me.

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2 Samuel 22:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“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.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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;

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“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.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“When the waves of death surrounded me,

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

“The waves of death came around me;

the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.

The ropes of death wrapped around me.

The traps of death were before me.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the waves of death compassed me;

The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

The cords of Sheol were round about me;

The snares of death came upon me.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The waves of death had surrounded me. 

The torrents of destruction had overwhelmed me. 

The ropes of the grave had surrounded me. 

The clutches of death had confronted me. 

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“The waves of death were all around me.

A destroying flood swept over me.

The ropes of the grave were tight around me.

Death set its trap in front of me.

2 Samuel 22:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“For the waves of death encompassed me;

The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;

The cords of Sheol surrounded me;

The snares of death confronted me.


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