PSA 18:16 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 17:17) Ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέ με, προσελάβετό με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.
(Exapesteilen ex hupsous kai elabe me, proselabeto me ex hudatōn pollōn.)

BrTr (PSA 17:17) He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.

SLBL   And the ocean floor appeared.
  And the foundations of the world were revealed
  because of your rebuke, YHWH,
  because of the blast of the wind of your anger. ‡

ULT He stretched out from the height, he took hold of me. He drew me out of many waters.

UST It was as if you reached down from heaven and grabbed me so that you could pull me up out of the deep water of the ocean.

BSB & MSB 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,

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • He reached[fn] from on high; he seized me.
• He drew me from many waters.

18:? Or “sent”

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

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

JPS (PSA 18:17) (18-18) He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

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

DRA (PSA 17:17) He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

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

Drby 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.

SLT He will send forth from on high, he will take me, he will draw me out of many waters.

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

KJB-1769 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.[fn]

18.16 many: or, great

KJB-1611 He sent from aboue, he tooke me, he drew me out of [fn]many waters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

18:16 Or, great waters.

Bshps 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.)

Gnva 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 me: he hath/has drawn me out of many waters.)

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

Wycl (PSA 17:17) He sente fro the hiyeste place, and took me; and he took me fro many watris.
(He sent from the highest place, and took me; and he took me from many waters.)

Luth (PSA 18:17) Er schickte aus von der Höhe und holete mich und zog mich aus großen Wassern.
(He sent out_of from the/of_the height and got me and pulled me out_of large water.)

ClVg (PSA 17:17) Misit de summo, et accepit me; et assumpsit me de aquis multis.
(He_sent from/about top, and he_received me; and assumed me from/about in_the_waters many.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

יִשְׁלַ֣ח

(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,a_high_place he,took_hold_of_me he,drew_me from,waters many )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [He stretched out his hand]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ֭⁠מָּרוֹם

(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,a_high_place he,took_hold_of_me he,drew_me from,waters many )

Here, height represents “heaven” as God’s dwelling place. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from heaven]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠מַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,a_high_place he,took_hold_of_me he,drew_me from,waters many )

Here, many waters represents the sea. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [out of the sea]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠מַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,a_high_place he,took_hold_of_me he,drew_me from,waters many )

Here, many waters, meaning the sea, represents deep trouble or dangerous situations. David uses this image because he had earlier described his enemies as dangerous flood waters. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [out of great trouble]

Parallel PSA 18:16