Psalms 55:7
What does Psalms 55:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 55:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
- Jeremiah 37:12
then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
- 2 Samuel 17:21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
- Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
- 2 Samuel 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
- 1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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