Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 22:5
American Standard Version
For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
Amplified® Bible
For the waves of death enveloped me; the torrents of destruction made me afraid.
Contemporary English Version
Death, like ocean waves, surrounded me, and I was almost swallowed by its flooding waters.
Darby English Version
For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
Good News Bible
The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me.
King James Version
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
New American Standard Bible
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
New International Version
"The waves of death swirled about me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
New King James Version
“When the waves of death surrounded me,
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
Revised Standard Version
"For the waves of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;
Young's Literal Translation
When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
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