2 Samuel 22:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.”
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“For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
- Jonah 2:3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Revelation 12:15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
- Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
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