Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
New American Standard Bible
I would
King James Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Holman Bible
I would stay in the wilderness.
International Standard Version
Look, I want to flee far away; I want to settle down in the wilderness. Interlude
A Conservative Version
Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.
American Standard Version
Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
Amplified
“I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the [peace of the] wilderness. Selah.
Darby Translation
Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I will move far off; fleeing away I will lodge in the desert. Silence.
King James 2000
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, I would flee far away. I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah
Modern King James verseion
Lo, I would wander far off; I would lodge in the desert. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
NET Bible
Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)
New Heart English Bible
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. Selah.
Webster
Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
World English Bible
Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness." Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest. 7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.) 8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:2
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.
2 Samuel 17:21-22
Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.
Proverbs 6:4-5
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Jeremiah 37:12
Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.