2SA 22:5 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ὅτι περιέσχον με συντριμμοὶ θανάτου, χείμαῤῥοι ἀνομίας ἐθάμβησάν με.
(Hoti periesⱪon me suntrimmoi thanatou, ⱪeimaɽɽoi anomias ethambaʸsan me. )

ULT For the waves of death surrounded me,
⇔ the streams of worthlessness terrified me.

UST I almost died. It was as if a huge wave had crashed over me,
⇔ and almost destroyed me like a flood.

BSB ⇔ For the waves of death engulfed me;
⇔ the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

OEB ⇔ For the waves of death compassed me,
⇔ The floods of Belial assailed me.

WEBBE ⇔ For the waves of death surrounded me.
⇔ The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The waves of death engulfed me;
⇔ the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

LSV When the breakers of death surrounded me,
The streams of the worthless terrify me,

FBV The waves of death swept over me; surging waters of destruction flooded over me;

T4T ⇔ “ almost died [PRS]; it was like [MET] a huge wave had crashed over me,
⇔ and almost destroyed me like a flood.

LEB • the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

BBE For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

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JPS For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

ASV For the waves of death compassed me;
⇔ The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

DRA For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

YLT When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,

Drby For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

RV For the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

Wbstr When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;

KJB-1769 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;[fn][fn]
(When the waves of death compassd me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; )

22.5 waves: or, pangs

22.5 ungodly…: Heb. Belial

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]When the waues of death compassed me: the floods of vngodly men made me afraid.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

22:5 Or, pangs.

22:5 Heb. Belial.

Bshps For the panges of death closed me about: the fludes of Belial put me in feare.

Gnva For the pangs of death haue compassed me: the floods of vngodlinesse haue made mee afrayd.
(For the pangs of death have compassd me: the floods of ungodlinesse have made me afrayd. )

Cvdl For the sorowes of death copased me, and the brokes of Belial made me afrayed.
(For the sorrows of death copased me, and the brooks of Belial made me afraid.)

Wycl For the sorewis of deeth cumpasside me; the strondis of Belial maden me aferd.
(For the sorrows of death cumpasside me; the riverbeds of Belial maden me aferd.)

Luth Denn es hatten mich umfangen die Schmerzen des Todes, und die Bäche Belials erschreckten mich.
(Because it hatten me umfangen the Schmerzen the Todes, and the Bäche Belials erschreckten mich.)

ClVg Quia circumdederunt me contritiones mortis: torrentes Belial terruerunt me.
(Because circumdederunt me contritiones mortis: torrentes Belial terruerunt me. )

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

22:1-51 Although this prayer of thanksgiving (also recorded in Ps 18) is placed near the end of David’s story, David probably offered it to God much earlier in his life. This prayer and Hannah’s (1 Sam 2:1-10) together enclose the book of Samuel with an inclusio (literary bookends). Hannah was saved from barrenness; David was saved from his enemies. The placement of this hymn also provides a parallel to Moses. The stories of both Moses and David end with a song or hymn giving lavish praise to God (see also Deut 31:30–32:43). Both highlight God as a “Rock” (Deut 32:4, 15, 18, 30, 31; 2 Sam 22:2, 3, 32, 47). Both are followed by second and shorter poetic pieces—Moses’ final blessing to the Israelite tribes (Deut 33), and David’s last words (2 Sam 23:1-7).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) For the waves of death surrounded me, the rushing waters of destruction overwhelmed me

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when encompassed,me waves death torrents destruction overwhelmed,me )

David compares the wicked men who wanted to kill him to flood waters that are about to drown him. These sentences have similar meanings and are used for emphasis. (See also: figs-parallelism)

(Occurrence 0) the rushing waters of destruction

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when encompassed,me waves death torrents destruction overwhelmed,me )

This is a picture of fast-flowing flood waters that destroy everything in their path.

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