Psalms 116:3
What does Psalms 116:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 116:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
- Psalms 38:6
I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- Isaiah 53:3
He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
- Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- Mark 14:33
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly amazed, and sore troubled.
- Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
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