Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

2 Samuel 22:5–8

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

4 selected · 47 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 44 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 5

  1. Jonah 2:3Rank 1 from verse 5
    Open

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

  2. Psalms 69:14–15Rank 2 from verse 5
    Open

    14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 3 from verse 5
    Open

    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  4. Isaiah 59:19Rank 4 from verse 5
    Open

    19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

  5. Jeremiah 46:7–8Rank 5 from verse 5
    Open

    7Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?

    8Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

  6. Psalms 18:4Rank 6 from verse 5
    Open

    4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

  7. Psalms 93:3–4Rank 7 from verse 5
    Open

    3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

    4The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.

  8. Revelation 12:15–16Rank 8 from verse 5
    Open

    15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

    16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

  9. Revelation 17:1Rank 9 from verse 5
    Open

    1AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

  10. Revelation 17:15Rank 10 from verse 5
    Open

    15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

From verse 6

  1. Psalms 116:3Rank 1 from verse 6
    Open

    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  2. Acts 2:24Rank 2 from verse 6
    Open

    24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

  3. Job 36:8Rank 3 from verse 6
    Open

    8And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

  4. Jonah 2:2Rank 4 from verse 6
    Open

    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

  5. Proverbs 13:14Rank 5 from verse 6
    Open

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  6. Proverbs 14:27Rank 6 from verse 6
    Open

    27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  7. Proverbs 5:22Rank 7 from verse 6
    Open

    22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  8. Psalms 140:5Rank 8 from verse 6
    Open

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  9. Psalms 18:5Rank 9 from verse 6
    Open

    5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

From verse 7

  1. Psalms 18:6Rank 1 from verse 7
    Open

    6In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  2. Jonah 2:7Rank 2 from verse 7
    Open

    7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

  3. Psalms 116:4Rank 3 from verse 7
    Open

    4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  4. Exodus 3:7Rank 4 from verse 7
    Open

    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  5. Psalms 120:1Rank 5 from verse 7
    Open

    1IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

  6. Psalms 27:4Rank 6 from verse 7
    Open

    4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

  7. Psalms 34:15–17Rank 7 from verse 7
    Open

    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

  8. Habakkuk 2:20Rank 8 from verse 7
    Open

    20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  9. Psalms 34:6Rank 9 from verse 7
    Open

    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  10. 1 Kings 8:28–30Rank 10 from verse 7
    Open

    28Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

    29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

    30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  11. Hebrews 5:7Rank 11 from verse 7
    Open

    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

  12. James 5:4Rank 12 from verse 7
    Open

    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

  13. Jonah 2:4Rank 13 from verse 7
    Open

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  14. Matthew 26:38–39Rank 14 from verse 7
    Open

    38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  15. Luke 22:44Rank 15 from verse 7
    Open

    44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

From verse 8

  1. Job 26:11Rank 1 from verse 8
    Open

    11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

  2. Psalms 97:4Rank 2 from verse 8
    Open

    4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

  3. Judges 5:4Rank 3 from verse 8
    Open

    4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

  4. Psalms 77:18Rank 4 from verse 8
    Open

    18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

  5. Matthew 28:2Rank 5 from verse 8
    Open

    2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

  6. Psalms 18:7Rank 6 from verse 8
    Open

    7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

  7. Acts 4:31Rank 7 from verse 8
    Open

    31¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

  8. Nahum 1:5Rank 8 from verse 8
    Open

    5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

  9. Habakkuk 3:6–11Rank 9 from verse 8
    Open

    6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

    7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

    8Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

    9Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

    10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

    11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

  10. Matthew 27:51Rank 10 from verse 8
    Open

    51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

2 Samuel 22:5

COMBINED MEANING

waves

↗

Sense 1: Moving ridges or swells of water. Sense 2: Figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

compassed

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ungodly

↗

Sense 1: Lacking reverence for God, opposed to his righteous character and rule, or living wickedly and impiously. Sense 2: Persons so characterized.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

↗

Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

2 Samuel 22:6

COMBINED MEANING

hell

↗

Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

compassed

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

about

↗

1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

snares

↗

Sense 1: Devices or stratagems used to catch or entangle. Sense 2: Figuratively, causes of danger, sin, or ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

prevented

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prevent, meaning to go or come before; to anticipate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Samuel 22:7

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

distress

↗

Sense 1: Severe trouble, anguish, or affliction. Sense 2: As a verb, to afflict, oppress, or make miserable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

called

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

↗

1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cried

↗

1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hear

↗

Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

↗

Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

temple

↗

Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cry

↗

1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

enter

↗

To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ears

↗

Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Samuel 22:8

COMBINED MEANING

earth

↗

Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shook

↗

Moved suddenly or repeatedly to and fro; caused to tremble, disturbed, or cast off by shaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

heaven

↗

Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

moved

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of move, meaning to change place; to stir, shake, prompt, influence, or set in action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Nearby verses · passage boundary unavailable · 2 Samuel 22:4–9

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

22:4I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

22:5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

Selected passage

22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

Selected passage

22:7In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

Selected passage

22:8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

Selected passage

22:9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.