2 Samuel 22:5

2 Samuel chapter 22 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

King James Version · 1611

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

American Standard Version · 1901

For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

v.4I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

v.5This passage

v.6The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

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.