2 Samuel 22:17 “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of de…”

2 Samuel 22:17

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He sent from aboue, and tooke me: hee drewe me out of many waters.

Darby Translation

He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;

Young's Literal Translation

He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

Bible in Basic English

He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

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Cross references

“sent”

Psalm 144:7 Psalm 18:16

Psalm 144:7 · BSB

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

Psalm 18:16 · BSB

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

“he drew”

Isaiah 43:2 Psalm 32:6 Psalm 130:1 Revelation 17:15 Lamentations 3:54 Psalm 59:1

Isaiah 43:2 · BSB

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Psalm 32:6 · BSB

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Psalm 130:1 · BSB

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Lamentations 3:54 · BSB

The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

Psalm 59:1 · BSB

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

Also

Exodus 2:10

Exodus 2:10 · BSB

When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

18He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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