Psalms 18:34

In 11 translations

BSB

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

KJV

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

WEB

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

ASV

He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

LSV

Teaching my hands for battle, || And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms.

YLT

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

DBY

Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;

DRC17:35

Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

GNV

He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

JPS18:35

Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

LXXE17:35

He instructs my hands for war; and thou hast made my arms as a brazen bow.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:35

מְלַמֵּ֣ד יָ֭דַי לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְֽנִחֲתָ֥ה קֶֽשֶׁת־נְ֝חוּשָׁ֗ה זְרוֹעֹתָֽי׃KJV:Ps.18.34

LXX-Br17:35

Διδάσκων χεῖράς μου εἰς πόλεμον· καὶ ἔθου τόξον χαλκοῦν τοὺς βραχίονάς μου,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 144:1Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
• 2 Samuel 22:36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
• Isaiah 28:6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
• Jeremiah 49:35This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
• Hosea 1:5And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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