Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.

New American Standard Bible

May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

King James Version

Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Holman Bible

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

International Standard Version

Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

A Conservative Version

Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep shallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

American Standard Version

Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Amplified


Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

Bible in Basic English

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Darby Translation

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Julia Smith Translation

The streams of water shall not overflow me, and the depth shall not swallow me down, and the well shall not close upon me her mouth.

King James 2000

Let not the floodwater overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

Modern King James verseion

Do not let the flood of waters overflow me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

NET Bible

Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!

New Heart English Bible

Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

The Emphasized Bible

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.

Webster

Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

World English Bible

Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.

Youngs Literal Translation

Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

References

American

Easton

Watsons

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

14 Deliver me from [the] mud and do not let me sink. Let me be delivered from [those who] hate me and from [the] watery depths. 15 Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me. 16 Answer me, O Yahweh, because your loyal love [is] good; according to your abundant mercies, turn to me,

Cross References

Numbers 16:33-34

They went down alive [to] Sheol, they and all that belonged to them, and the land covered over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Psalm 16:10

for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.

Psalm 88:4-6

I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,

Psalm 124:4-5

Then the waters would have flooded over us, [the] torrent would have passed over our soul.

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "You must not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called [you] by your name; {you are mine}.

Jonah 2:2-7

and said, "I called {from my distress} to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help-- you heard my voice.

Matthew 12:40

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Acts 2:24

God raised {him} up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible [for] him to be held by it.

Acts 2:31

[by] having foreseen [this], he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he abandoned in Hades nor did his flesh experience decay.

Revelation 12:15-16

And from his mouth the serpent spouted water like a river after the woman, in order that he could make her swept away by a river.

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