2 Samuel 22:5

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.

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:

King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men 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;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

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 12:1
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

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.