2 Samuel 22:5
What does 2 Samuel 22:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
KJV
King James Version · 1611When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 93:3
The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
- Psalms 18:4
The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
- Jonah 2:3
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
- Jeremiah 46:7
Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
- Psalms 69:14
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
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