Psalms 94:17 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.
English ASV
Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
English Amplified
Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Unless the Lord had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
English EASY 2024
Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have become silent in death.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
And if the Lord had not helped me, I would have been silenced by death.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
If the Lord had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence.
English God's Word - GW 1995
If the Lord had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent {in death}.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
If the LORD had not been my help, I would soon rest in the silence [of death].
English KJV 1611
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
English LSB
If Yahweh had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
If the LORD were not my help, I would long have been silent in the grave.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Suppose the Lord had not helped me. Then I would soon have been lying quietly in the grave.
English NIV
Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
English NKJ 1982
Unless the Lord had been my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.
English NLT
Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have died.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
I would have been killed so many times if you had not been there for me.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
I would have died unless the Lord had helped me.
English Tyndale 1537
If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.