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2 Samuel 22:17

He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

KJV

Misit de excelso, et assumpsit me, et extraxit me de aquis multis.

Vulgate

ἀπέστειλεν ἐξ ὕψους καὶ ἔλαβέν με, εἵλκυσέν με ἐξ ὑδάτων πολλῶν·

LXX

He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;

ASV

יִשְׁלַ֥ח מִ/מָּר֖וֹם יִקָּחֵ֑/נִי יַֽמְשֵׁ֖/נִי מִ/מַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מְר֣וֹם
mrvm
noun · 54×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִי
ny
pronoun · 3×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:10 — And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
  • Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
  • Lam 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Ps 59:1 — Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
  • Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
  • Ps 124:4 — Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
  • Ps 130:1 — Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
  • Ps 144:7 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
  • Ps 144:7 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
  • Rev 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.