David’s Song of Deliverance
2 Samuel 22:40
In 11 translations
- BSB
- You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- KJV
- For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.subdued: Heb. caused to bow
- WEB
- For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
- ASV
- For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- LSV
- And You gird me [with] strength for battle, || You cause my withstanders to bow under me.
- YLT
- And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
- DBY
- And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
- DRC
- Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
- GNV
- For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
- JPS
- For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- LXXE
- And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֥יעַ קָמַ֖י תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐνισχύσεις με δυνάμει εἰς πόλεμον, κάμψεις τοὺς ἐπιστανομένους μοι ὑποκάτω μου.
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◆ Reign of David
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
- Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- Colossians 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Psalms 144:2He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
- 1 Samuel 23:5Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 17:49–51Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine…
- Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
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