2 Samuel 22:17
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
- KJV
- He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
- WEB
- He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
- ASV
- He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
- DARBY
- He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
- BLB
- He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
- ÅB
- Han rakte sin hånd ut fra det høye, han grep meg; han dro meg opp av store vann.
- OTB
- Han rakte ut fra det høye, Han tok meg;
Han dro meg opp av mange vann. - B1930
- Han rakte sin hånd ut fra det høie, han grep mig; han drog mig op av store vann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Read in contextPsalms 144:7
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Read in contextPsalms 18:16
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
Read in contextPsalms 130:1
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Read in contextPsalms 32:6
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Read in contextPsalms 59:1–2
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Read in contextRevelation 17:15
Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
Read in contextPsalms 93:3–4
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Read in context