For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
Parallel translations
- KJV When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
- BSB For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- NKJV “When the waves of death surrounded me, The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- NASB “For the waves of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction terrified me;
- NLT “The waves of death overwhelmed me; floods of destruction swept over me.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Jonah 2:3For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
- Ps 69:14–15Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Isa 59:19So shall they fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives.
- Jer 46:7–8“Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
- Rev 12:15–16The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
- Ps 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- 1 Th 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
- Rev 17:1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
- Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- Rev 17:15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
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