American Standard Version
"The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. "
— 2 Samuel 22:6, American Standard Version
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”
“The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.”
“The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.”
“The cords of hell compassed me: the snares of death prevented me.”
“The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.”
“The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;”
God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
In 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.
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.