Good News Translation
I was once brought face-to-face with death;

New Revised Standard Version
the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. My soul drew near to death, and my life was on the brink of Hades below.

Contemporary English Version
had reached the king. I was standing at the edge of an open grave.

New American Bible
from the arrows of a treacherous tongue. I was at the point of death, my life was nearing the depths of Sheol;

Douay-Rheims Bible
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.

From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.

Sirach 51:4
And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.

Sirach 51:5
Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:

Sirach 51:7
From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:

Sirach 51:8
My soul shall praise the Lord even to death.