Psalms 18:4-5
Psalms 18:4-5 The Message (MSG)
The hangman’s noose was tight at my throat; devil waters rushed over me. Hell’s ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit.
Psalms 18:4-5 King James Version (KJV)
The sorrows of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: The snares of death prevented me.
Psalms 18:4-5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18:4-5 New Century Version (NCV)
The ropes of death came around me; the deadly rivers overwhelmed me. The ropes of death wrapped around me. The traps of death were before me.
Psalms 18:4-5 American Standard Version (ASV)
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Psalms 18:4-5 New International Version (NIV)
The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18:4-5 New King James Version (NKJV)
The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18:4-5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶The cords of death surrounded me, And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me. The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 18:4-5 New Living Translation (NLT)
The ropes of death entangled me; floods of destruction swept over me. The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path.