PSA 18:16 Parallel View

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ULT He reached down from above; he took hold of me! He pulled me out of the surging water.

UST It was as though he reached down from heaven and grabbed me and pulled me up out of the deep ocean.

BSB  ⇔ He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
⇔ He drew me out of deep waters.

OEB  ⇔ He stretched from on high, he seized me,
⇔ drew me up from the mighty waters,

WEB He sent from on high.
⇔ He took me.
⇔ He drew me out of many waters.

NET He reached down from above and took hold of me;
 ⇔ he pulled me from the surging water.

LSV He sends from above—He takes me,
He draws me out of many waters.

FBV He reached down his hand from above and grabbed hold of me. He pulled me out of the deep water.

T4T  ⇔ It was as though he reached down from heaven and grabbed me
⇔ and pulled me up out of the deep ocean.

LEB • [fn] from on high; he seized me. He drew me from many waters.

?:? Or “sent”

BBE He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

MOF  ⇔ He reaches down to raise me,
 ⇔ he draws me from the flood,

JPS (18-17) He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

ASV He sent from on high, he took me;
 ⇔ He drew me out of many waters.

DRA No DRA PSA 18:16 verse available

YLT He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

DBY He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:

RV He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.

WBS He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

KJB He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.[fn]
(He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.)

18.16 many: or, great

BB He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me: he hath taken me out of many waters.
(He hath/has sent down from above to fetch me: he hath/has taken me out of many waters.)

GNV He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters.
(He hath/has sent down from above and taken mee: he hath/has drawen mee out of many waters. )

CB He sent downe fro the heyth to fetch me, & toke me out of greate waters.
(He sent down from the heyth to fetch me, and took me out of great waters.)

WYC No WYC PSA 18:16 verse available

LUT Da sah man Wassergüsse, und des Erdbodens Grund ward aufgedeckt, HErr, von deinem Schelten, von dem Odem und Schnauben deiner Nase.
(So saw man watergüsse, and the Erdbodens Grund was aufgedeckt, HErr, from deinem Schelten, from to_him Odem and Schnauben deiner Nase.)

CLV No CLV PSA 18:16 verse available

BRN No BRN PSA 18:16 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 18:16 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

He reached down & he took hold & He pulled me

(Some words not found in UHB: and,became_visible channels waters and,laid_bare foundations world at,rebuke,your YHWH at,blast breath nostrils,your )

The word “He” in these verses refers to Yahweh.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

surging water

(Some words not found in UHB: and,became_visible channels waters and,laid_bare foundations world at,rebuke,your YHWH at,blast breath nostrils,your )

Here the Psalmist speaks of the dangers of his enemies as if they were huge waves or forceful waters, from which Yahweh has rescued him.

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