Psalms 18:5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
KJV
In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum, et in fines orbis terræ verba eorum.
Vulgate
εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν.
LXX
The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
ASV
אֲפָפ֥וּ/נִי חֶבְלֵי מָ֑וֶת וְֽ/נַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּ/נִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
bly'l
noun · 27×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חֶ֣בֶל
chbl
noun · 61×
נִי
ny
verb · 5×
נִי
ny
verb · 16×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Wherefore, my brethren , flee from idolatry. Again he courts them by the name of kindred, and urges them to be rid of this sin with all speed. For he did not say, simply, depart, but flee; and he calls the matter idolatry, and no longer bids them quit it merely on account of the injury to their neighbor, but signifies that the very thing of itself is sufficient to bring a gr…
Cross-references
- Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Mark 14:32 — And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
- Prov 13:14 — The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Prov 14:27 — The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Ps 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Ps 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
- Ps 88:15 — I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.