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Psalms 116:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell came upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The sorrowes of death compassed me, and the paines of hell gate hold vpon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The pangs of death have encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol have found me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
The sorrows 2256
{2256} Prime
חֶבֶל
chebel
{kheh'-bel}
From H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin.
of death 4194
{4194} Prime
מָוֶת
maveth
{maw'-veth}
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin.
compassed 661
{0661} Prime
אָפַף
'aphaph
{aw-faf'}
A primitive root; to surround.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
me, and the pains 4712
{4712} Prime
מֵצַר
metsar
{may-tsar'}
From H6896; something tight, that is, (figuratively) trouble.
of hell 7585
{7585} Prime
שְׁאוֹל
sh@'owl
{sheh-ole'}
From H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates.
gat hold y4672
[4672] Standard
מָצָא
matsa'
{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
upon x4672
(4672) Complement
מָצָא
matsa'
{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
me: I found 4672
{4672} Prime
מָצָא
matsa'
{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
trouble 6869
{6869} Prime
צָרָה
tsarah
{tsaw-raw'}
Feminine of H6862; tightness (that is, figuratively trouble); transitively a female rival.
and sorrow. 3015
{3015} Prime
יָגוֹן
yagown
{yaw-gohn'}
From H3013; affliction.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 116:3-4

_ _ For similar figures for distress see Psalms 18:4, Psalms 18:5.

_ _ gat hold upon me — Another sense (“found”) of the same word follows, as we speak of disease finding us, and of our finding or catching disease.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 116:1-9.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 116:3

The sorrows — Dangerous and deadly calamities. Pains — Such agonies and horrors, as dying persons use to feel.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
sorrows:

Psalms 18:4-6 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. ... In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
Psalms 88:6-7 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. ... Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
Jonah 2:2-3 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. ... For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Mark 14:33-36 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; ... And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

gat hold upon me:
Heb. found me

I found:

Psalms 32:3-4 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. ... For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms 38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Isaiah 53:3-4 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. ... Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 18:4; 32:3; 38:6; 88:6. Is 53:3. Jna 2:2. Mk 14:33. Lk 22:44. He 5:7.

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