Verse 3

The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Døden omfattet meg, og jeg var overveldet av sorg; jeg fant bare nød og smerte.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, og nødens kvaler grep meg; jeg fant sorg og bekymring.

• Norsk King James

  Døden omfavnet meg, og smerte fra dypet grep fast i meg; jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dødens snarer omsluttet meg, gravens redsler grep meg; jeg møtte nød og sorg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dødens bånd hadde omsluttet meg, og dødsskyggens trengsler fant meg; jeg kjente trengsel og sorg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dødens sorger omringet meg, og dødens kvaler grep meg; jeg fant nød og sorg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dødsens sorg omga meg, og helvetes pine grep tak i meg: jeg fant trengsel og sorg.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dødens sorger omringet meg, og dødens kvaler grep meg; jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, og dødsrikets trengsler fant meg; jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.116.3", "source": "אֲפָפ֤וּנִי ׀ חֶבְלֵי־מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי צָרָ֖ה וְיָג֣וֹן אֶמְצָֽא׃", "text": "*ʾăpāpûnî* *ḥevlê*-*māvet* and *meṣārê* *šeʾôl* *meṣāʾûnî* *ṣārâ* and *yāgôn* *ʾemṣāʾ*", "grammar": { "*ʾăpāpûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they encompassed me", "*ḥevlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - cords/bands of", "*māvet*": "noun, masculine singular - death", "*û-meṣārê*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and distresses/straits of", "*šeʾôl*": "noun, proper noun - Sheol/grave/underworld", "*meṣāʾûnî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they found me", "*ṣārâ*": "noun, feminine singular - distress/trouble", "*ve-yāgôn*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and sorrow", "*ʾemṣāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I found/I will find" }, "variants": { "*ʾăpāpûnî*": "they encompassed me/they surrounded me/they entangled me", "*ḥevlê*": "cords/bands/pains/pangs", "*meṣārê*": "distresses/straits/constraints", "*šeʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/realm of the dead", "*ʾemṣāʾ*": "I found/I encountered/I experienced" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dødens rep omslynget meg, helvetes trengsler fant meg. Jeg møtte nød og sorg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dødens Reb havde omspændt mig, og Helvedes Angester havde rammet paa mig; jeg fandt Angest og Bedrøvelse (for mig).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dødens sorger omsluttet meg, og helvetets smerter grep meg: jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, dødsrikets kvaler tok tak i meg. Jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dødens snarer omringet meg, dødsrikets trengsler fant meg, jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dødens bånd omsluttet meg, og dødsrikets redsler grep meg; jeg fant nød og sorg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dødens nett var rundt meg, og underverdenens smerter holdt meg fast; jeg var fylt av trøbbel og sorg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The snares of death copased me rounde aboute, the paynes of hell gat holde vpon me,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me. I founde anguishe and heauinesse,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The cords of death surrounded me, The pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long.
• Ps 88:6-7 : 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths. 7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
• Isa 53:3-4 : 3 He is despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid, as it were, our faces from him; he was despised, and we did not esteem him. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we considered him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted.
• Jonah 2:2-3 : 2 And said, I cried out because of my affliction to the LORD, and He heard me; out of the depths of the grave I cried, and You heard my voice. 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.
• Mark 14:33-36 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and deeply troubled. 34 And he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death; stay here and watch. 35 And he went forward a little, fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; take away this cup from me; nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.
• Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was like great drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent submission;
• Ps 18:4-6 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice from his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
• Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.