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2 Samuel 22:17
2 Samuel 22:17 is verse 17 of 2 Samuel chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
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.
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2 Samuel 22:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
16 The 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.
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 foes too mighty for me.
19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
Psalms 59:2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Psalms 93:4Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.
Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
Psalms 124:5then the raging waters would have swept us away.
Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Isaiah 43:2When 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.
Lamentations 3:54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.