Psalms 55:7

In 11 translations

BSB

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

KJV

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

WEB

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

ASV

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

LSV

Behold, I move far off, || I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

YLT

Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.

DBY

Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;

DRC54:8

Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the wilderness.

GNV

Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.

JPS55:8

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

LXXE54:8

Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:8

הִ֭נֵּה אַרְחִ֣יק נְדֹ֑ד אָלִ֖ין בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר סֶֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.55.7

LXX-Br54:8

Ἰδοὺ ἐμάκρυνα φυγαδεύων, καὶ ηὐλίσθην ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· διάψαλμα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 9:2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
• 2 Samuel 15:14And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the…
• Jeremiah 37:12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.
• 2 Samuel 17:21–22After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.” So David and…
• Proverbs 6:4–5Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
• 1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all…

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