Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 22:6

2 Samuel chapter 22 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

Context

v.5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

v.6This passage

v.7In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 13:14

    The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  • Proverbs 14:27

    The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

  • Jonah 2:2

    And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.

  • Psalms 116:3

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

  • 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

  • Job 36:8

    And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;