2 Samuel 22:17
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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 thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Read in contextPsalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Read in contextPsalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Read in contextPsalms 130:1
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Read in contextPsalms 59:1–2
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Read in contextRevelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Read in contextPsalms 93:3–4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
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