Psalms 116:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.”
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“The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 116:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 18:5The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
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