Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He will send from height, he will take me; He will draw me out of many waters:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Holman Bible
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.
International Standard Version
He sent for me from on high! He grabbed hold of me, drawing me out of deep water.
A Conservative Version
He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
American Standard Version
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
Amplified
“He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of great waters.
Bible in Basic English
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
Darby Translation
He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
King James 2000
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
Lexham Expanded Bible
He sent from a high position [and] took me; he drew me from mighty waters.
Modern King James verseion
He sent from above, He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He sent from on high and fetched me, and plucked me out of mighty waters.
NET Bible
He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.
New Heart English Bible
He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
The Emphasized Bible
He sent from on high, he took me, - he drew me out of many waters;
Webster
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
World English Bible
He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
Youngs Literal Translation
He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
Interlinear
Shalach
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
16 The torrents of the sea will be seen, The foundations of the habitable globe will be uncovered, In the rebuke of Jehovah, from the breath of the spirit of his anger. 17 He will send from height, he will take me; He will draw me out of many waters: 18 He will deliver me from my strong enemy, From them hating me, for they were strong above me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 144:7
Send thy hands from height; snatch me away, and deliver me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of the stranger;
Exodus 2:10
And the child will become great, and she will bring him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he will be to her for a son. And she will call his name Moses; and she will say, Because I drew him out of the water.
Psalm 18:16
He will send forth from on high, he will take me, he will draw me out of many waters.
Psalm 32:6
For this all the godly shall pray to thee for the time of finding: only for the inundation of many waters they shall not draw near to him.
Psalm 59:1-2
To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem; in Saul sending, and they will watch the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God: thou wilt set me on high from those rising up against me.
Psalm 93:3-4
The rivers lifted up, O Jehovah, the rivers lifted up their voice, the rivers shall lift up their roarings.
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters overflowed us, the torrent passed over our soul:
Psalm 130:1
Song of ascensions. From the depths I called thee, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 43:2
When thou shalt pass through the waters, I with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou shalt go through fire thou shalt not be burnt, and the flame shall not consume thee.
Lamentations 3:54
Waters were spread over my head; I said I was cut off.
Revelation 17:15
And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.