Psalms 18:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.”

Psalms 18:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 18:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 18:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.”

Psalms 18:4 — World English Bible

Psalms 18:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.”

Psalms 18:4 — American Standard Version

Psalms 18:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.”

Psalms 18:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 18:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ The bands of death encompassed me, and torrents of Belial made me afraid.”

Psalms 18:4 — Darby Translation

Psalms 18:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide.”

Psalms 18:4 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 18:4 in Context — Psalms 18

2 Je t’aime, ô Éternel, ma force!

3 Éternel, mon rocher, ma forteresse, mon libérateur! Mon Dieu, mon rocher, où je trouve un abri! Mon bouclier, la force qui me sauve, ma haute retraite!

4 Je m’écrie: Loué soit l’Éternel! Et je suis délivré de mes ennemis.

5 Les liens de la mort m’avaient environné, Et les torrents de la destruction m’avaient épouvanté;

6 Les liens du sépulcre m’avaient entouré, Les filets de la mort m’avaient surpris.

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What Does Psalms 18:4 Mean?

Psalms 18:4 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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