Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:6
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
6. the sorrows of hell ] The word may no doubt mean pangs, as it is translated in the Sept. ( , cp. Act 2:24); but is better explained of the cords or nets of the hunter. Hell is Shel (Gr. Hades), the mysterious unseen world, ready to seize and swallow up its victim. See note on 1Sa 2:6.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. [See comments on Ps 18:5].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6. Bands of Sheol The dark under-world seemed to open upon him, and reach out those bands which bind and drag down mortals into its oblivion. Job 14:20-21.
Snares of death Death, like a hunter, seemed to David to have set snares all along the path where he was to go.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
sorrows of hell = meshes of Sheol. See App-35
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
sorrows: or, cords, Job 36:8, Psa 18:5, Psa 116:3, Psa 140:5, Pro 5:22, Jon 2:2, Act 2:24
the snares: Pro 13:14, Pro 14:27
Reciprocal: Psa 18:4 – sorrows