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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/94-16.htm" title="Psalm 94:16">◄</a> Psalm 94:17 <a href="../psalms/94-18.htm" title="Psalm 94:18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/94.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/94.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/94.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/94.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/94.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt <i>in the land of</i> silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/94.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/94.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in <i>the abode of</i> silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/94.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land of] silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/94.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/94.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my helper, I would soon rest in the silence of death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/94.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you had not helped me, LORD, I would soon have gone to the land of silence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/94.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If the LORD had not helped me, I would have gone quickly to the land of silence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/94.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If the LORD had not come to help me, my soul would have quickly fallen silent [in death].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/94.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If the LORD had not been my helper, I would have quickly become silent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/94.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If the LORD had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/94.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Unless the LORD <i>had been</i> my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/94.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Unless the LORD <i>had been</i> my help, My soul would soon have settled in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/psalms/94.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/94.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/94.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Unless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/psalms/94.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/94.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/psalms/94.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/94.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/94.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/94.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/psalms/94.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/psalms/94.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />If God had not ben an ayde vnto me: it had not fayled much but my soule had dwelled in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/psalms/94.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Yf the LORDE had not helped me, my soule had allmost bene put to sylence.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/94.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Unless YHWH [were] a help to me, "" My soul had almost inhabited silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/94.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Unless Jehovah were a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/94.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Unless Jehovah helped for me my soul almost dwelt silently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/94.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/94.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 93:17>Except that the Lord assisted me, my soul almost would have dwelt in Hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/94.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />If LORD JEHOVAH had not been a helper to me, before a little while my soul would have dwelt in misery!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/94.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would soon have been in trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/94.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/94.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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Or luwley; from luw' and lo'; if not.">Unless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833: ‘ez·rā·ṯāh (N-fs:: 3fs) -- Help, helper, assistance. Or mezrath; feminine of ezer; aid.">had been my helper,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: kim·‘aṭ (Prep-k:: Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">would soon</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931: šā·ḵə·nāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay.">have dwelt in the abode</a> <a href="/hebrew/1745.htm" title="1745: ḏū·māh (N-fs) -- A silence. From an unused root meaning to be dumb; silence; figuratively, death.">of silence.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/psalms/94.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3884.htm" title="3884. luwle' (loo-lay') -- except">Unless</a><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel"> Jehovah</a><a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833. ezrah (ez-raw') -- help, helper, assistance"> [were] a help</a><a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315. nephesh (neh'-fesh) -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion "> to me, My soul</a><a href="/hebrew/9995.htm0"> had almost</a><a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931. shakan (shaw-kan') -- to settle down, abide, dwell"> inhabited</a><a href="/hebrew/1745.htm" title="1745. duwmah (doo-maw') -- a silence"> silence.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/psalms/94.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="יהוה np 3068">If the <span class="divineName">LORD</span></a> <a href="/hebrew/3884.htm" title="לוּלֵא Pc 3884"> had not</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> been my</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="עֶזְרָה_1 ncfsa 5833"> helper</a>, <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="נֶפֶשׁ ncbsc 5315">I</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ִי psn1cs"></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="כְּ Pp"> would soon</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="מְעַט amsa 4592"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="שׁכן vqp3fs 7931"> rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/1745.htm" title="דּוּמָה_1 ncfsa 1745"> in the silence</a> of death.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/94.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3884a.htm" title="3884a">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961. hayah (haw-yaw) -- to fall out, come to pass, become, be">had not been</a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833. ezrah (ez-raw') -- help, helper, assistance">my help,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315. nephesh (neh'-fesh) -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion ">My soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592. m'at (meh-at') -- a little, fewness, a few">would soon</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931. shakan (shaw-kan') -- to settle down, abide, dwell">have dwelt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1745.htm" title="1745. duwmah (doo-maw') -- a silence">in [the abode of] silence.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/94.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3884.htm" title="3884. luwle' (loo-lay') -- except">Unless</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5833.htm" title="5833. ezrah (ez-raw') -- help, helper, assistance">[had been] my help,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315. nephesh (neh'-fesh) -- a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion ">my soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592. m'at (meh-at') -- a little, fewness, a few">had almost</a> <a href="/hebrew/7931.htm" title="7931. shakan (shaw-kan') -- to settle down, abide, dwell">dwelt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1745.htm" title="1745. duwmah (doo-maw') -- a silence">in silence.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/94-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 94:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 94:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/94-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 94:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 94:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>