Parallel Verses
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.
Bible in Basic English
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (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 say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
7
I would
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:2
Oh that I had in the desert a travelers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
1 Samuel 27:1
Then David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand."
2 Samuel 15:14
Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
2 Samuel 17:21-22
After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, "Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you."
Proverbs 6:4-5
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Jeremiah 37:12
Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.