The sorrows
chebel  (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

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of hell
sh'owl  (sheh-ole')
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit.

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compassed me about
cabab  (saw-bab')
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)

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the snares
mowqesh  (mo-kashe')
a noose (for catching animals): by implication, a hook (for the nose) -- be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.

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of death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

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prevented
qadam  (kaw-dam')
to project (one self), i.e. precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help) -- come (go, (flee) before, + disappoint, meet, prevent.

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me

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

King James Bible
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.

International Standard Version
Binding ropes from Sheol entangled me while lethal snares hindered me.

NET Bible
The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The ropes of the grave had surrounded me. The clutches of death had confronted me.

King James 2000 Bible
The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;

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