2 Samuel 22:7
What does 2 Samuel 22:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.
KJV
King James Version · 1611In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry <FI>is<Fi> in His ears,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And I cried to myGod; And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry [came] into his ears.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 26:38
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
- Psalms 34:15
The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are open unto their cry.
- Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
- Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- Habakkuk 2:20
But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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