Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Holman Bible
a strong tower
International Standard Version
For you have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.
A Conservative Version
For thou have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
American Standard Version
For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.
Amplified
For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me,
A strong tower against the enemy.
Darby Translation
For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou wert a refuge to me, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.
King James 2000
For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.
Modern King James verseion
For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower before the enemy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for thou art my hope, a strong tower for me against the enemy.
NET Bible
Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.
New Heart English Bible
For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
The Emphasized Bible
For thou hast been, A Refuge to me, A Tower of Strength, from the face of the foe.
Webster
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
World English Bible
For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.
Youngs Literal Translation
For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.
Themes
Abidance » Who shall abide in the lord’s tabernacle
Abidance » Who shall abide under the shadow of the almighty
Topics
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 61:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Security In God
2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me. 3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me. 4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)
Cross References
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Psalm 4:6-7
There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.
Psalm 116:2
He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
Psalm 140:7
O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.
Isaiah 46:3-4
Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;