Parallel Verses
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.
The Emphasized Bible
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
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
Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
17
They have
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 22:16
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet--
Job 16:12-13
I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
Job 30:14-15
As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on.
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
Psalm 69:1-2
Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
Psalm 116:3
The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalm 118:10-12
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psalm 124:4
then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
Lamentations 3:5-7
he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;
Matthew 27:39-44
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads