Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
they close in on me from every side.
New American Standard Bible
They have
King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
International Standard Version
Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.
A Conservative Version
They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.
American Standard Version
They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
Amplified
They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;
They have completely encompassed me.
Bible in Basic English
They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
Darby Translation
They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
Julia Smith Translation
They surrounded me as water all the day; they folded round about me together.
King James 2000
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They surround me like water all the day; they circle about me altogether.
Modern King James verseion
They surrounded me like waters all the day long; they have come together around me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.
NET Bible
They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
New Heart English Bible
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
The Emphasized Bible
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
Webster
They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together.
World English Bible
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
16
Your terrors destroy me.
they close in on me from every side.
darkness is my only friend.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 22:16
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced
Job 16:12-13
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
Job 30:14-15
they keep rolling in through the ruins.
Psalm 42:7
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.
Psalm 69:1-2
For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”
for the water has risen to my neck.
Psalm 116:3
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 118:10-12
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.
Psalm 124:4
the torrent would have swept over us;
Lamentations 3:5-7
encircling me with bitterness and hardship.
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by were yelling insults at