Psalms Chapter 55 verse 13 Holy Bible
But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
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But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
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But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...
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But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
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For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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But it was you, a man like me, My companion, and my familiar friend.
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But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - But it was thou, a man mine equal; literally, a man according to my valuing; i.e. one of my social rank, with whom I was on familiar terms. My guide; or, "my companion." But the LXX. have ἡγέμων. And mine acquaintance. "My confidant" (Kay); "my familiar friend" (Cheyne, and Revised Version).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) But it was . . .--Better, But thou art a man of my own standing. The word erek is used (Exodus 40:23) of the row of loaves constituting the shewbread, and the cognate verb means "to arrange." Here it may denote rank, but more probably the expression is man of my assessment, and so of the same importance in society. (Comp. Leviticus 5:15; 2Kings 12:4.) The LXX. and Vulgate have "of one soul with me." Symmachus, "of like disposition." This sense may be implied, though not expressed in the Hebrew.Guide.--So the old versions: the Hebrew word does denote the head of a tribe or family (Genesis 36:15, &c, "duke"), but that meaning seems excluded here by the previous description. Render, companion.
