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The Waters Are up to My Neck

Psalms 69:15

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
KJV
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
WEB
Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.
ASV
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
LSV
Do not let a flood of waters overflow me, || Nor let the deep swallow me up, || Nor let the pit shut her mouth on me.
YLT
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.
DBY
Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
DRC68:16
Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
GNV
Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.
JPS69:16
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
LXXE68:16
Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC69:16
אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי ׀ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם וְאַל־תִּבְלָעֵ֣נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה וְאַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַ֖י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽיהָ׃KJV:Ps.69.15
LXX-Br68:16
Μή με καταποντισάτω καταιγὶς ὕδατος, μηδὲ καταπιέτω με βυθὸς, μηδὲ συνσχέτω ἐπʼ ἐμὲ φρέαρ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 12:15–16Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the…
  • Jonah 2:2–7saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled…
  • Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
  • Isaiah 43:1–2Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I…
  • Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  • Psalms 124:4–5then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, then the raging waters would have swept us away.
  • Psalms 88:4–6I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. You have…
  • Numbers 16:33–34They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly. At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow…
  • Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 69:16 in some Bibles
  • 69:15 in most Bibles

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