Psalms 30:3
What does Psalms 30:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 30:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 2:4
And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
- Psalms 86:13
For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
- Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 28:1
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
- Job 33:28
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
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