Verse 5

The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death confronted me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dødens reip omkranset meg, og flommene av urett skremte meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, og helvetes snarer møtte meg.

• Norsk King James

  Helvetes kvaler omringet meg: dødens snarer forhindret meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, og underverdens strømmer skremte meg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dødens bånd omsluttet meg, elver av ondskap skremte meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dødsrikets smerter omsluttet meg, dødsfallens snarer hindret meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Helvetes sorg omringet meg, og dødens feller grep meg fast.

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

  Dødsrikets smerter omsluttet meg, dødsfallens snarer hindret meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dødens bånd omgav meg, ødeleggelsens floder skremte meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.18.5", "source": "אֲפָפ֥וּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָ֑וֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵ֖י בְלִיַּ֣עַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃", "text": "*afafuni* *chebley*-*mawet* and *nachaley* *beliya'al* *yeba'atuni*.", "grammar": { "*afafuni*": "qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they surrounded me", "*chebley*": "construct state, masculine plural - cords of/pangs of", "*mawet*": "masculine singular noun - death", "*nachaley*": "construct state, masculine plural - torrents of", "*beliya'al*": "proper noun/noun - worthlessness/destruction/wickedness", "*yeba'atuni*": "piel imperfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they terrified me" }, "variants": { "*afafuni*": "they surrounded me/they encompassed me/they encircled me", "*chebley*": "cords of/pangs of/pains of", "*nachaley*": "torrents of/floods of/streams of", "*beliya'al*": "worthlessness/destruction/wickedness/ruin", "*yeba'atuni*": "they terrified me/they overwhelmed me/they frightened me" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dødens snarer omsluttet meg, og ondskapens strømmer forferdet meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dødens Reb omspændte mig, og Belials Bække forfærdede mig;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dødsrikets bånd omsluttet meg, og dødens feller hindret meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dødens snarer var rundt meg; dødens garn overveldet meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dødsrikets bånd omgir meg, og dødens feller står foran meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dødsrikets bånd omga meg; dødens snarer traff meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dødens bånd omringet meg, og dødens feller grep fatt i meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yet in my trouble I called vpo the LORDE, & coplayned vnto my God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of hell.
• Ps 88:3-8 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave. 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand. 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. 8 You have put my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
• Ps 88:15-17 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. 16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off. 17 They came around me daily like water; they have encircled me together.
• Ps 116:3 : 3 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell took hold of me: I found trouble and sorrow.
• Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
• Acts 2:24 : 24 Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.