2 Samuel 22:6

2 Samuel 22:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
• New International Version (NIV)The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:6

4I will call upon Jehovah, who is to be praised; So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid. The bands of Sheol surrounded me; The cords of death encountered me; 7In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to my God; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears. 8Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

2 Samuel 22:6 word by word

חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

• Sheolשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• surroundedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• cordsחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:6

• Job 36:8And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,
• Psalms 18:5The bands of Sheol surrounded me, the cords of death encountered me.
• Psalms 116:3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Jonah 2:2and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
• Acts 2:24Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;
• Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 14:27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-51This prayer of thanksgiving (also recorded in Psalm 18) appears near the end of David's story. But David likely prayed it much earlier in his life. This prayer and Hannah’s prayer in 1 Samuel 2:1–10 together enclose the book of Samuel with an inclusio (literary bookends). Hannah was saved from being unable to have children, and David was saved from his enemies. The hymn's placement also provides a parallel to Moses. Both Moses and David's stories end with…Read the comment

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• Arrow
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• Rock
• Songs
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• Psalms, Book of
• Samuel, Books of
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings