Psalms 22:11

Bible in Basic English

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t be far from me, because distress is nearand there’s no one to help.

Hebrew Names Version
Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

King James Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

English Standard Version
Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

New Century Version
So don't be far away from me. Now trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

New English Translation
Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

Amplified Bible
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; And there is no one to help.

New American Standard Bible
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near; For there is no one to help.

World English Bible
Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Be not far from me, for distress is near;For there is none to help.

Berean Standard Bible
Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

Contemporary English Version
Don't stay far off when I am in trouble with no one to help me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Since my birth I've been thrown on you; you are my God from my mother's womb.

Darby Translation
Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Easy-to-Read Version
So don't leave me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help me.

George Lamsa Translation
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Good News Translation
Do not stay away from me! Trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

Lexham English Bible
Do not be far from me because trouble is near; because there is no helper.

Literal Translation
Be not far from Me; for trouble is near; because no one is there to help.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O go not fro me the, for trouble is harde at honde, and here is none to helpe me.

American Standard Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Upon Thee I have been cast from my birth; Thou art my God from my mother's womb.

King James Version (1611)
Be not farre from me, for trouble is neere; for there is none to helpe.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O go not far fro me, for trouble is harde at hande: and there is none to helpe me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper.

English Revised Version
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For tribulacioun is next; for noon is that helpith.

Update Bible Version
Don't be far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.

New King James Version
Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

New Living Translation
Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.

New Life Bible
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near. And there is no one to help.

New Revised Standard
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(21-12) Depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for there is none to help me.

Revised Standard Version
Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.

Young's Literal Translation
Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help. ¹² A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan. ¹³ I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food. ¹⁴ I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body. ¹⁵ My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips. ¹⁶ Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet. ¹⁷ I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me: ¹⁸ They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing. ¹⁹ Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help. ²⁰ Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be not: Psalms 10:1, Psalms 13:1-3, Psalms 35:22, Psalms 38:21, Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:18, Psalms 71:12, John 16:32, Hebrews 5:7

none to help: Heb. not a helper, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 142:4-6, Deuteronomy 32:36, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:72, Matthew 26:74

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:1 - far Psalms 22:19 - But Psalms 40:12 - innumerable Psalms 88:3 - soul Psalms 107:12 - and there Psalms 119:150 - draw nigh Mark 14:43 - and with

Cross-References

Genesis 16:7
And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

Genesis 21:17
And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

Genesis 22:10
And stretching out his hand, Abraham took the knife to put his son to death.

Genesis 22:12
And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Genesis 22:16
Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

Exodus 3:4
And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

1 Samuel 3:10
Then the Lord came and said as before, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel made answer, Say on, Lord; for the ears of your servant are open.

Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be not far from me,.... Who had been so near unto him, as to take him out of the womb, and to take the care of him ever since; this is to be understood not with respect to the omnipresence of God, who is everywhere, and is not far from any of us; but of his presence, which was now withdrawn from Christ, and he was filled with a sense of divine wrath, and with sorrow and distress; and also of his powerful and assisting presence which he had promised, and Christ expected, and believed he should have, as he had: the reasons for it follow:

for trouble [is] near; Satan was marching towards him with his principalities and powers, to attack him in the garden and on the cross; Judas, one of his own disciples, was at hand to betray him; a multitude with swords and staves were about to seize him; the sins and chastisement of his people were just going to be laid upon him; the sword of justice was awaked against him, ready to give the blow; the hour of death was near, he was brought to the dust of it, as in

Psalms 22:15. A second reason is given,

for [there is] none to help; none among his disciples: one of them was to betray him, another to deny him, and all to forsake him and flee from him, as they did; nor any among the angels in heaven; for though they ministered to him in the wilderness, and strengthened him in the garden, there were none near him on the cross, that it might be manifest that salvation was wrought out alone by him, Isaiah 63:5; and, indeed, if any of these had been willing to have helped him, it was not in their power to do it, none but God could; and therefore he applies to him, who had promised and was as good as his word, Isaiah 49:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be not far from me - Do not withdraw from me; do not leave or forsake me.

For trouble is near - Near, in the sense that deep sorrow has come upon me; near, in the sense that I am approaching a dreadful death.

For there is none to help - Margin, as in Hebrew, “not a helper.” There were those who would have helped, but they could not; there were those who could have helped, but they would not. His friends that stood around the cross were unable to aid him; his foes were unwilling to do it; and he was left to suffer unhelped.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 22:11. Be not far from me; for trouble is near — A present God is a present blessing. We always need the Divine help; but more especially when troubles and trials are at hand.