Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
New American Standard Bible
I would
King James Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Holman Bible
I would stay in the wilderness.
International Standard Version
Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
American Standard Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
Amplified
“I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I will move far off; fleeing away I will lodge in the desert. Silence.
King James 2000
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, I would flee far away. I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah
Modern King James verseion
Lo, I would wander far off; I would lodge in the desert. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
NET Bible
Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. Selah.
Webster
Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
World English Bible
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest; 7 Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah; 8 I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Rise up and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom. Be quick to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel 17:21-22
And it came to pass after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counselled against you.
Proverbs 6:4-5
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Jeremiah 37:12
that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.