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David’s Song of Deliverance

2 Samuel 22:41

In 11 translations

BSB
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
KJV
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
WEB
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
ASV
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
LSV
And my enemies—You give to me the neck, || Those hating me—and I cut them off.
YLT
And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.
DBY
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.
DRC
My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
GNV
And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
JPS
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yea, them that hate me, that I might cut them off.
LXXE
And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.Gr. as for my enemies, thou hast given me the back.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔י תַּ֥תָּה לִּ֖י עֹ֑רֶף מְשַׂנְאַ֖י וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον, τοὺς μισοῦντάς με, καὶ ἐθανάτωσας αὐτούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 23:27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
  • Joshua 10:24When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came…
  • Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
  • Luke 19:27And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
  • Psalms 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will…
  • Psalms 18:40–41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
  • Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  • 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the…

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