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Psalms 18:4

Psalms chapter 18 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Context

v.3I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

v.4This passage

v.5The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 26:38

    Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 13:8

    and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

  • 2 Samuel 22:5

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

  • Matthew 27:24

    So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it.