King James Version

2 Samuel 22:5

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

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כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֲפָפֻ֖נִיafafunicompassאָפַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “compass”, a completed actionH661to surroundcompass.מִשְׁבְּרֵיmishberebillowמִשְׁבָּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “billow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4867a breaker (of the sea)billow, wave.מָ֑וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).נַחֲלֵ֥יnachalebrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.בְלִיַּ֖עַלveliyaalBelialבְּלִיַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Belial”, the ordinary formH1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickednessBelial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.יְבַעֲתֻֽנִיyevaatuniaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “affright”, an unfinished actionH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

Douay-Rheims

For the pangs of death have surrounded me: the floods of Belial have made me afraid.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι περιέσχον με συντριμμοὶ θανάτου, χείμαῤῥοι ἀνομίας ἐθάμβησάν με.