Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me. The sorrows, or, cords Psalm 86:13 For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell. Psalm 88:3-8,15-17 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell. . . . Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the sorrows of hell, as it was impossible that he should be holden by it. snares Ecclesiastes 9:12 Man knoweth not his own end: but as fishes are taken with the hook, and as birds are caught with the snare, so men are taken in the evil time, when it shall suddenly come upon them. Context The LORD is My Rock…4The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. 5The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me.6In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my cry before him came into his ears.… Cross References Luke 21:20 And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. Psalm 40:12 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me. Psalm 55:4 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow: Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death. Jonah 2:2 And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the belly of the fish. Jonah 2:6 The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head. Lexicon The cordsחֶבְלֵ֣י (ḥeḇ·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin of Sheol שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) entangled me; סְבָב֑וּנִי (sə·ḇā·ḇū·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround the snares מ֣וֹקְשֵׁי (mō·wq·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4170: A bait or lure, a snare of death מָֽוֶת׃ (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin confronted me. קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִי (qid·də·mū·nî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6923: To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet Additional Translations The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me. The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me. The cords of Sheol were round about me: the snares of death came on me. The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me. The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death. Jump to Previous Bands Coiled Compassed Confronted Cords Death Encompassed Encountered Entangled Grave Hell Nets Prevented Round Seized Sheol Snares Sorrows SurroundedJump to Next Bands Coiled Compassed Confronted Cords Death Encompassed Encountered Entangled Grave Hell Nets Prevented Round Seized Sheol Snares Sorrows SurroundedExternal Links Psalm 18:5 NIVPsalm 18:5 NLT Psalm 18:5 ESV Psalm 18:5 NASB Psalm 18:5 ASV Psalm 18:5 Bible Apps Psalm 18:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 18:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 18:5 French Bible Psalm 18:5 German Bible Alphabetical: around coiled confronted cords death grave me of Sheol snares surrounded The OT Poetry: Psalm 18:5 The cords of Sheol were around me (Psalm Ps Psa.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |