Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
They surrounded me like waters all the day long; they have come together around me.
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 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 fierce wrath goes over me; Your terrors have cut me off. 17 They surrounded me like waters all the day long; they have come together around me. 18 You have taken lover and friend far from me, and those who know me into darkness.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 22:16
and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.
Job 16:12-13
I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.
Job 30:14-15
As through a wide break they came on; they roll under a ruin.
Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and Your billows have gone over me.
Psalm 69:1-2
To the Chief Musician. Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God! for the waters have come in on my soul.
Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 118:10-12
All the nations surround me, but in the name of Jehovah I will destroy them.
Psalm 124:4
then the waters would have flowed over us, the stream would have gone over our soul;
Lamentations 3:5-7
He built against me and has circled me with bitterness and hardship.
Matthew 27:39-44
And those who passed by blasphemed Him, shaking their heads,