King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Yes, I would flee to a place far off, I would stay in the desert. (Selah)
Berean Standard Bible:
How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah
American Standard Version:
Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Lo, then would I wander{H5074}{H8800)} far off{H7368}{H8686)}, and remain{H3885}{H8799)} in the wilderness{H4057}. Selah{H5542}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 9:2
- Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 37:12
- Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
2 Samuel 17:21
- And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
2 Samuel 17:22
- ¶ Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
Proverbs 6:4
- Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Proverbs 6:5
- Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
2 Samuel 15:14
- And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
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Commentary for Psalms 55:7
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5074
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָדַד
Transliteration: nâdad
Pronunciation: naw-dad'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away; chase (away), [idiom] could not, depart, flee ([idiom] apace, away), (re-) move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing). - Strong's Number: H7368
There are 56 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָחַק
Transliteration: râchaq
Pronunciation: raw-khak'
Description: a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off). - Strong's Number: H3885
There are 79 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לוּן
Transliteration: lûwn
Pronunciation: loon
Description: or לִין; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night). - Strong's Number: H4057
There are 257 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִדְבָּר
Transliteration: midbâr
Pronunciation: mid-bawr'
Description: from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness. - Strong's Number: H5542
There are 74 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סֶלָה
Transliteration: çelâh
Pronunciation: seh'-law
Description: from סָלָה; suspension (of music), i.e. pause; Selah.