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••• You should recognize and know "and use" God's Hebrew Name! It is יהוה and sounds like
to English speakers... God Himself wrote with his own finger on stone tablets He then gave to Moses. (Exo 31:18) Using the Diving Name of our Creator is a uniting force in this divided world! •••
2 Samuel 22:4-7 YLT ...The Praised One, I call Jehovah (יהוה): And from mine enemies I am saved. (5) When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me, (6) The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death. (7) In mine adversity I call Jehovah (יהוה), And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry is in His ears,
2 Samuel 22:4-7 MKJV ...I will call upon Jehovah (יהוה), who is worthy to be praised. And I shall be saved from my enemies. (5) When the waves of death encircled me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. (6) The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me. (7) In my distress I called upon Jehovah (יהוה) and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry entered into His ears.
2 Samuel 22:4-7 Webster ...I will call on the LORD (יהוה), who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. (5) When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly-men made me afraid; (6) The sorrows of hell encompassed me; the snares of death seized me; (7) In my distress I called upon the LORD (יהוה), and cried to my God: and he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.
2 Samuel 22:4-7 NWT ...On the One to be praised, Jehovah (יהוה), I shall call, And from my enemies I shall be saved. 5 For deadly breaking waves encircled me; There were flash floods of good-for-nothing [men] that kept terrifying me. 6 The ropes of She´ol themselves surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 7 In my distress I kept calling upon Jehovah (יהוה), And to my God I kept calling. Then out of his temple he heard my voice, With my cry for help in his ears.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals. The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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