2 Samuel 22:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃

Transliteration

For ʾăpāpunî mišberê-māwet; naḥălê beliyyaʿal yebaʿătunî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾăpāpunî*: Qal perfect 3cp with 1cs suffix - they encompassed me
• *mišberê*: masculine plural construct of *mišbār* - waves of
• *māwet*: masculine noun - death
• *naḥălê*: masculine plural construct of *naḥal* - torrents of
• *beliyyaʿal*: common noun - worthlessness/destruction
• *yebaʿătunî*: Piel imperfect 3mp with 1cs suffix - they terrify me

Word Meanings

• *ʾăpāpunî*: surrounded me, encompassed me, engulfed me
• *mišberê*: breakers, waves, billows
• *naḥălê*: torrents, streams, floods
• *beliyyaʿal*: worthlessness, wickedness, destruction
• *yebaʿătunî*: terrify me, overwhelm me, frighten me

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the waves{H4867} of death{H4194} compassed{H661} me; The floods{H5158} of ungodliness{H1100} made me afraid:{H1204}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When the waves{H4867} of death{H4194} compassed{H661}{(H8804)} me, the floods{H5158} of ungodly men{H1100} made me afraid{H1204}{(H8762)};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the sorowes of death copased me, and the brokes of Belial made me afrayed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the pangs of death haue compassed me: the floods of vngodlinesse haue made mee afrayd.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the panges of death closed me about: the fludes of Belial put me in feare.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the waves of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
• Jonah 2:3 : 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
• Rev 17:1 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters:
• Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.
• Isa 59:19 : 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 comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
• Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that comes up like a flood, whose waters move like the rivers? 8 Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters move like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.
• Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.