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 on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. 5When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death seized me; 7In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears. 8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.

2 Samuel 22:6 word by word

חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

• sorrowsחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• meסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• snaresמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170
• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• seizedקָדַםqâdam · to meetH6923

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:6

• Job 36:8And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;
• Psalms 18:5The sorrows of hell surrounded me: the snares of death seized me.
• Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell came upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a trap for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side; they have set snares for me. Selah.
• Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
• Jonah 2:2And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
• Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
• Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 14:27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart 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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• 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