Psalms 55:6

Psalms chapter 55 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Context

v.5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

v.6This passage

v.7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 11:1

    In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Fleeasa bird to your mountain;

  • Revelation 12:14

    And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

  • Psalms 139:9

    If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;