and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
- BSB He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
- NKJV And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
- NASB He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
- NLT He sang: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 18:2–50Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Ps 31:3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
- Ps 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
- Ps 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Ps 91:2I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
- Matt 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- Ps 42:9I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
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