Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Be to me a
A stronghold to save me.
King James Version
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
Holman Bible
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
International Standard Version
Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Amplified
Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.
Bible in Basic English
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
Darby Translation
Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
Julia Smith Translation
Incline thine ear to me, hastening to deliver me: be to me for a rock of strength, for a house of fortresses to save me.
King James 2000
Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Modern King James verseion
Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me.
NET Bible
Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
New Heart English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
The Emphasized Bible
Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me, - Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
Webster
Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.
World English Bible
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Themes
Battle of Life » God » Represented as » A defence
God » Christ as » Defence of believers by
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
1
In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.
2
Be to me a
A stronghold to save me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their strong one is not as our strong One, and even our enemies are judges of this.
Psalm 71:2-3
Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape; incline thine ear unto me and save me.
Psalm 86:1
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
God is my Strong One; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my saving health; my defence and my refuge; my saviour, who shall save me from violence.
Job 7:21
And why dost thou not take away my rebellion and pass over my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust; and if thou shalt seek me in the morning, I shall not be found.
Psalm 18:1-2
I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 62:7
In God is my saving health and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God.
Psalm 69:17
And hide not thy face from thy slave, for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.
Psalm 79:1
O God, the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance; they have defiled the temple of thy holiness; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalm 90:1
Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
Psalm 91:9
Because thou hast made the LORD, who is my hope, even the most High, thy habitation,
Psalm 94:22
But the LORD is my refuge, and my God is the rock of my trust.
Psalm 130:2
Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me lest I be like those that go down into the grave.
Proverbs 22:17
Bow down thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my wisdom.
Isaiah 33:16
he shall dwell upon the high places: fortresses of rocks shall be his place of refuge: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Luke 18:8
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?
John 6:56
He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his charity is completed in us.
1 John 4:15-16
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.