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Psalm 55:6–7
c | The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19. |
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Psalm 55:6–7 — English Standard Version (ESV)
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalm 55:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Oh, that I had wings like a dove;
then I would fly away and rest!
7 I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness.
Interlude
Psalm 55:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness.
Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)
6 I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove.
Then I would fly away and rest.
7 I would wander far away
and stay in the desert.
Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off,
I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest; 7 Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
Psalm 55:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
6 I said, “If only I had wings like a dove—
I would fly away and find rest.
7 Indeed, I would run far away.
I would stay in the desert.
Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
6 I said, “If only I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and find rest.
7 How far away I would flee;
I would stay in the wilderness. Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
6 And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 truly, I would flee far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
6 So I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove.
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Look, I would flee far away.
I would dwell in the wilderness. Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
6 I said, “I wish I had wings like a dove!
Then I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would escape to a place far away.
I would stay out in the desert. Selah
Psalm 55:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 “Behold, I would wander far away,
I would lodge in the wilderness.
Selah.
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