Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
Holman Bible
the torrents of destruction terrified me.
International Standard Version
Because deadly breakers engulfed me, while torrents of abuse from the ungodly overwhelmed me.
A Conservative Version
For the waves of death encompassed me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
American Standard Version
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Amplified
“For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of
Bible in Basic English
For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
Darby Translation
For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Julia Smith Translation
For the breakers of death surrounded me The torrents of Beilal will terrify me;
King James 2000
When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the breaker waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Modern King James verseion
When the waves of death encircled me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.
NET Bible
The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.
New Heart English Bible
For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
The Emphasized Bible
When the breakers of death had encompassed me, - the torrents of perdition, made me afraid, -
Webster
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;
World English Bible
For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Youngs Literal Translation
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
4
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
5
Names
Cross References
Psalm 69:14-15
Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
Jonah 2:3
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
Psalm 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
Psalm 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
Isaiah 59:19
So they shall fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the LORD drives.
Jeremiah 46:7-8
"Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Revelation 12:15-16
The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
Revelation 17:1
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
Revelation 17:15
And the angel said to me, "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.