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King James Version

2 Samuel 22:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Hearing;   Salvation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Perdition;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Belial (Beliar);   David;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Floods;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Compass;   Flood;   Ungodly;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Belial;   Hafá¹­arah;   Sheol;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the waves of death engulfed me;the torrents of destruction terrified me.
Hebrew Names Version
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Lexham English Bible
For the breaker waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
English Standard Version
"For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of destruction assailed me;
New Century Version
"The waves of death came around me; the deadly rivers overwhelmed me.
New English Translation
The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Amplified Bible
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed and terrified me.
New American Standard Bible
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction terrified me;
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the pangs of death haue compassed me: the floods of vngodlinesse haue made mee afrayd.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the waves of death encompassed me;The torrents of vileness terrorized me;
Contemporary English Version
Death, like ocean waves, surrounded me, and I was almost swallowed by its flooding waters.
Complete Jewish Bible
"For death's breakers were closing over me, the floods of B'liya‘al terrified me,
Darby Translation
For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Easy-to-Read Version
Waves of death were crashing around me. A deadly flood was carrying me away.
George Lamsa Translation
For the pangs of death have compassed me, the torrents of ungodly men made me afraid;
Good News Translation
The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me.
Literal Translation
When the waves of death surround me, the floods of the ungodly terrify me,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the sorowes of death copased me, and the brokes of Belial made me afrayed.
American Standard Version
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Bible in Basic English
For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the panges of death closed me about: the fludes of Belial put me in feare.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
King James Version (1611)
When the waues of death compassed me: the floods of vngodly men made me afraid.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
English Revised Version
For the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Berean Standard Bible
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the sorewis of deeth cumpasside me; the strondis of Belial maden me aferd.
Young's Literal Translation
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
Update Bible Version
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Webster's Bible Translation
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;
World English Bible
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
New King James Version
"When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
New Living Translation
"The waves of death overwhelmed me; floods of destruction swept over me.
New Life Bible
"For the waves of death were all around me. The storm that destroys made me afraid.
New Revised Standard
For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When the breakers of death had encompassed me, - the torrents of perdition, made me afraid, -
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.
Revised Standard Version
"For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
THE MESSAGE
The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;

Contextual Overview

2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In 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. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

waves: or, pangs, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

the floods: Psalms 18:4, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:15, Psalms 93:3, Psalms 93:4, Isaiah 59:19, Jeremiah 46:7, Jeremiah 46:8, Revelation 12:15, Revelation 12:16, Revelation 17:1, Revelation 17:15

ungodly men: Heb. Belial

Reciprocal: Luke 6:48 - the flood

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:19
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. :-.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 22:5. When the waves of death compassed me — Though in a primary sense many of these things belong to David, yet generally and fully they belong to the Messiah alone.


 
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