Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
New American Standard Bible
They have
King James Version
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Holman Bible
they close in on me from every side.
International Standard Version
Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides.
A Conservative Version
They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.
American Standard Version
They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
Amplified
They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;
They have completely encompassed me.
Bible in Basic English
They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
Darby Translation
They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
Julia Smith Translation
They surrounded me as water all the day; they folded round about me together.
King James 2000
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They surround me like water all the day; they circle about me altogether.
Modern King James verseion
They surrounded me like waters all the day long; they have come together around me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.
NET Bible
They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
New Heart English Bible
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
Webster
They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together.
World English Bible
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
16 Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me; 17 They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together: 18 Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 22:16
For dogs have surrounded me, - An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
Job 16:12-13
At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark:
Job 30:14-15
As through a wide breach, came they on, with a crashing noise, they rolled themselves along.
Psalm 42:7
Roaring deep unto roaring deep, is calling, at the voice of thy cataracts, All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, have passed.
Psalm 69:1-2
Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;
Psalm 116:3
The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;
Psalm 118:10-12
All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;
Psalm 124:4
Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul;
Lamentations 3:5-7
He hath built up against me, and carried round me, fortifications and a trench;
Matthew 27:39-44
And, they who were passing by, were reviling him, shaking their heads,