Psalm 69:2 - Easy To Read Version2 There is nothing to stand on.\par I am sinking down, down into the mud.\par I am in deep water.\par And the waves are crashing around me.\par I am about to drown.\par See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17692 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. See the chapterCommon English Bible2 I have sunk into deep mud. My feet can’t touch the bottom! I have entered deep water; the flood has swept me up. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version2 O God, reach out to help me. O Lord, hasten to assist me. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. See the chapter |
So those officials took Jeremiah and put him into Malkijah’s cistern. {\cf2\super [324]} (Malkijah was the king’s son.) That cistern was in the temple yard where the king’s guard stayed. Those officials used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. The cistern didn’t have any water in it, but only mud. And Jeremiah sank down into the mud.