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2 Samuel 22:17
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2 Samuel 22:17
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“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
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2 Samuel 22:17 in Other Translations
King James Version
(KJV)
17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
English Standard Version
(ESV)
17
"He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
New Living Translation
(NLT)
17
“He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.
The Message Bible
(MSG)
17
But me he caught - reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out
American Standard Version
(ASV)
17
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
GOD'S WORD Translation
(GW)
17
He reached down from high above and took hold of me. He pulled me out of the raging water.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
(CSB)
17
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He pulled me out of deep waters.
New International Reader's Version
(NIRV)
17
"He reached down from heaven. He took hold of me. He lifted me out of deep waters.
2 Samuel 22:17 Meaning and Commentary
2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many
waters.] (
See Gill on
Psalms 18:16
).
Taken from
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Samuel 22:17 In-Context
15
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
16
The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of breath from his nostrils.
17
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
18
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
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2
1.
Psalms 144:7
2.
Exodus 2:10
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