King James Version

Psalms 18:5

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:6.

חֶבְלֵ֣יchevlecompanyחֶבֶלnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.סְבָב֑וּנִיsevavunibringסָבַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bring”, a completed actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…קִ֝דְּמ֗וּנִיqidmunimeetקָדַםverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “meet”, a completed actionH6923to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)come (go, (flee)) before, [phrase] disappoint, meet, prevent.מ֣וֹקְשֵׁיmoqeshesnareמוֹקֵשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “snare”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.מָֽוֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-6) The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

World English Bible

The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

Darby Translation

The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.

Douay-Rheims

Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their words unto the ends of the world.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-6) The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὠδῖνες ᾅδου περιεκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με παγίδες θανάτου.