Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And thou wert as he lying down in the heart of the sea, and as he lying down upon the head of the mast

New American Standard Bible

And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

King James Version

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Holman Bible

You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea
or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.

International Standard Version

You will be like someone who lies down in the sea, or like someone who sleeps on top of a mast.

American Standard Version

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Amplified


And you will be [as unsteady] as one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
And [as vulnerable to disaster] as one who lies down on the top of a ship’s mast, saying,

Bible in Basic English

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

Darby Translation

and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

King James 2000

Yea, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you will be like him who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

Modern King James verseion

Yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as one who lies upon the top of a mast,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, thou shalt be as though thou slept in the midst of the sea, or on the top of the mast of a ship.

NET Bible

And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

New Heart English Bible

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

The Emphasized Bible

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

Webster

And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

World English Bible

Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

Youngs Literal Translation

And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

of the sea
ים 
Yam 
Usage: 396

or as he that lieth
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

upon the top
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

33 Thine eyes shall see strange women, and thy heart shall speak perverseness. 34 And thou wert as he lying down in the heart of the sea, and as he lying down upon the head of the mast 35 They struck me, I was not pained; they beat me, I knew not: when shall I awake? I will add, I will yet seek it.

Cross References

Exodus 15:8

And by the spirit of thine anger the waters shook them off, the flowings stood up as a heap: the depths were contracted in the heart of the sea.

1 Samuel 25:33-38

And blessed thy discernment, and blessed thou who finished me this day from coming for bloods, and my hand saving for me.

1 Samuel 30:16-17

And he will bring him down, and behold them spread out upon the face of all the earth, eating and drinking and keeping a festival, for all the great spoil which they took from the land of the rovers, and from the land of Judah.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom will command his boys, saying, See now, when the heart of Amnon is good with wine, and I said to you, Strike Amnon; and kill him; ye shall not be afraid, for I commanded you: be strong and be for sons of strength.

1 Kings 16:9

And Zimri, captain of half his chariots will conspire against him, and he in Tirzah drinking strong drink in the house of Arza, who was over his house in Tirzah.

1 Kings 20:16-22

And they will go forth at noon. And Ben-hadad was drinking strong drink in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.

Joel 1:5

Awake, ye intoxicated, and weep; and wail, all ye drinking wine, on account of the new wine, for it was cut off from your mouth.

Matthew 24:38

For as they were in the days of the inundation, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noe came into the ark,

Luke 17:27-29

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, till the day which Noe came into the ark, and the overflow came, and destroyed all.

Luke 21:34

And attend to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be loaded with dizziness, caused by excess, and drunkenness, and cares of life, and that day come upon you unexpectedly.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-7

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes.

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