Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
1 To the overseer, chanting of David. In thee, O Jehovah, I put my trust, I shall not be ashamed forever: in thy justice deliver me. 2 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. 3 For thou my rock and my fortress; and for sake of thy name thou wilt guide me, and thou wilt protect me.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 102:2
Thou wilt not hide thy face from me in the day of straits to me; incline thine ear to me: in the day I shall call, speedily answer me.
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock not as our Rock, And our enemies judging.
Psalm 71:2-3
In thy justice thou wilt deliver me, and let me escape: incline to me thine ear and save me.
Psalm 86:1
A prayer to David. Incline, O Jehovah, thine ear: answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2 Samuel 22:3
The God of my rock; I will trust in him: My shield and the horn of my salvation, my height and my refuge; My saviour; thou wilt save me from violence.
Job 7:21
And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not
Psalm 18:1-2
To the overseer; to the servant of Jehovah, of David who spake to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he will say, I will love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psalm 40:17
And I am poor and needy, Jehovah will think upon me: thou my help and my deliverer; thou will not delay, O my God.
Psalm 62:7
Upon God my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, my refuge in God.
Psalm 69:17
And thou wilt not hide thy face from thy servant; for straits are to me.: hasten to answer me.
Psalm 79:1
Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins.
Psalm 90:1
Prayer to Moses the man of God. O Jehovah, thou wert a refuge to us in generation and generation.
Psalm 91:9
For thou, O Jehovah, my trust; thou didst set the Most High thy refuge.
Psalm 94:22
And Jehovah shall be for a height to me, and my God for the rock of my refuge.
Psalm 130:2
O Jehovah, hear to my voice: thine ears shall be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
Psalm 143:7
Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and thou shalt set thy heart to my knowledge.
Isaiah 33:16
He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure.
Luke 18:8
I say to you, that he will do their avenging swiftly. But the Son of man having come, shall he find faith upon earth
John 6:56
He chewing my flesh, and drinking my blood, remains in me, and I in him.
1 John 4:12
None has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is completed in us.
1 John 4:15-16
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.