Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle 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 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.
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 anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. 17 They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me. 18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 22:16
Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
Job 16:12-13
I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
Job 30:14-15
They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.
Psalm 42:7
One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
Psalm 69:1-2
For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 118:10-12
All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.
Psalm 124:4
The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.
Lamentations 3:5-7
He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
Matthew 27:39-44
Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads