2 Samuel 22:6

NETBible

The ropes of Sheol 1  tightened around me; 2  the snares of death trapped me. 3 

NIV ©

The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.

NASB ©

The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

NLT ©

The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face.

MSG ©

Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit.

BBE ©

The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

NRSV ©

the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

NKJV ©

The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

KJV
The sorrows
<02256>
of hell
<07585>
compassed me about
<05437> (8804)_;
the snares
<04170>
of death
<04194>
prevented
<06923> (8765)
me; {sorrows: or, cords}
NASB ©
The cords
<2256>
of Sheol
<7585>
surrounded
<5437>
me; The snares
<4170>
of death
<4194>
confronted
<6923>
me.
LXXM
wdinev
<5604> 
N-NPF
yanatou
<2288> 
N-GSM
ekuklwsan
<2944> 
V-AAI-3P
me
<1473> 
P-AS
proefyasan
<4399> 
V-AAI-3P
me
<1473> 
P-AS
sklhrothtev
<4643> 
N-NPF
yanatou
<2288> 
N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
The ropes
<02256>
of Sheol
<07585>
tightened around
<05437>
me; the snares
<04170>
of death
<04194>
trapped
<06923>
me.
HEBREW
twm
<04194>
ysqm
<04170>
ynmdq
<06923>
ynbo
<05437>
lwas
<07585>
ylbx (22:6)
<02256>
NETBible

The ropes of Sheol 1  tightened around me; 2  the snares of death trapped me. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn “Sheol,” personified here as David’s enemy, is the underworld, place of the dead in primitive Hebrew cosmology.

2 tn Heb “surrounded me.”

3 tn Heb “confronted me.”