2 Samuel 22 · Verse 5

2 Samuel 22:5

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel 22:5, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:5 in other translations

BSBFor the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
WEBFor the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
ASVFor the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
YLTWhen the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
DARBYFor the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.
BBEFor the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;
WebsterWhen the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid;

What does 2 Samuel 22:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 When the waves of death compassed me - Though in a primary sense many of these things belong to David, yet generally and fully they belong to the Messiah alone.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Samuel 22:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֥יkiforH3588
אֲפָפֻ֖נִי'a.fa.Fu.nithey surrounded meH661
מִשְׁבְּרֵי\־mish.be.rei-[the] breakers ofH4867
מָ֑וֶתMa.vetdeathH4194
נַחֲלֵ֥יna.cha.Leitorrents ofH5158
בְלִיַּ֖עַלve.li.Ya.'alworthlessnessH1100
יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי\׃ye.va.'a.Tu.nithey overwhelmed meH1204

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:5

  • Jonah 2:3

    For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

  • Psalms 69:14-15

    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  • Revelation 17:15

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

  • Revelation 12:15-16

    And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

  • Psalms 93:3-4

    The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

  • Psalms 18:4

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

  • Isaiah 59:19

    So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

  • Revelation 17:1

    And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • Jeremiah 46:7-8

    Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
waves. or, pangs.
1Th 5:3
the floods.
Ps 18:4; 69:14,15; 93:3,4; Isa 59:19; Jer 46:7,8; Re 12:15,16
Re 17:1,15
ungodly men. Heb. Belial.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:4

    I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

  • 2 Samuel 22:5

    When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

  • 2 Samuel 22:6

    The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

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2 Samuel 22:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando me cercaron ondas de muerte, y arroyos de iniquidad me asombraron,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car les vagues de la mort m’ont environné, les torrents de Bélial m’ont fait peur;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn mich umfingen die Wogen des Todes, die Ströme Belials erschreckten mich;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia circumdederunt me contritiones mortis: torrentes Belial terruerunt me.