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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:16

In 11 translations

BSB
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
KJV
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.many: or, great
WEB
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
ASV
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
LSV
He sends from above—He takes me, || He draws me out of many waters.
YLT
He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
DBY
He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
DRC17:17
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
GNV
He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters.
JPS18:17
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
LXXE17:17
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:17
יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭מָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃KJV:Ps.18.16
LXX-Br17:17
Ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέ με, προσελάβετό με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Samuel 22:17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  • Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
  • Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
  • Jonah 2:5–6The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my…
  • Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  • Psalms 40:1–3I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth,…
  • Exodus 2:10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  • Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
  • 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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  • 18:17 in some Bibles
  • 18:16 in most Bibles

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