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2 Samuel 22:5

Death and lossFearSuffering

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.

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.

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BSB
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
KJV
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
WEB
For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
ASV
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
DARBY
For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
BLB
For the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodliness terrified me,
ÅB
Dødens bølger omspente meg, fordervelsens strømmer forferdet meg.
OTB
For dødens bølger omringet meg,
Ødeleggelsens strømmer skyllet over meg;
B1930
Dødens bølger omspente mig, fordervelsens strømmer forferdet mig.

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Cross references

  • Jonah 2:3

    For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

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  • Psalms 69:14–15

    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

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  • Revelation 17:15

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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  • Revelation 12:15–16

    And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

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  • Psalms 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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  • Psalms 18:4

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

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  • Isaiah 59:19

    So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

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  • Revelation 17:1

    And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

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