2 Samuel 22:6
What does 2 Samuel 22:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me;
Context
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;
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