Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
New American Standard Bible
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
King James Version
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Holman Bible
I would soon rest in the silence of death.
International Standard Version
If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.
A Conservative Version
Unless LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon dwelt in silence.
American Standard Version
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
Amplified
If the Lord had not been my help,
I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.
Darby Translation
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Julia Smith Translation
Unless Jehovah helped for me my soul almost dwelt silently.
King James 2000
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.
Modern King James verseion
Unless Jehovah had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.
NET Bible
If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.
New Heart English Bible
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
The Emphasized Bible
If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence - my soul!
Webster
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
World English Bible
Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.
Youngs Literal Translation
Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
Interlinear
Luwle'
Nephesh
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 94:17
Prayers for Psalm 94:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors
16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil? 17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death. 18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 124:1-2
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (let Israel now say);
Psalm 31:17
Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
Psalm 13:3
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
Psalm 115:17
The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
Psalm 118:13
I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
Psalm 125:1
Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.
Psalm 142:4-5
Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.
John 16:32
See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
2 Timothy 4:16-17
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.