Parallel Verses
Amplified
Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.
New American Standard Bible
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the
King James Version
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Holman Bible
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.
International Standard Version
Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.
A Conservative Version
Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep shallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
American Standard Version
Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Bible in Basic English
Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
The streams of water shall not overflow me, and the depth shall not swallow me down, and the well shall not close upon me her mouth.
King James 2000
Let not the floodwater overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
Modern King James verseion
Do not let the flood of waters overflow me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
NET Bible
Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me!
New Heart English Bible
Do not let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.
The Emphasized Bible
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.
Webster
Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Themes
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Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
14
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;
Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.
Answer me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is sweet and good and comforting;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me.
Names
Cross References
Numbers 16:33-34
So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.
Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Psalm 124:4-5
Then the waters would have engulfed us,
The torrent would have swept over our soul;
Isaiah 43:1-2
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity];
I have called you by name; you are Mine!
Jonah 2:2-7
and said,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
Matthew 12:40
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him up, releasing Him and bringing an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in death’s power.
Acts 2:31
he foresaw and spoke [prophetically] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), that He was not abandoned [in death] to Hades (the realm of the dead), nor did His body undergo decay.
Revelation 12:15-16
And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.