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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:38

In 11 translations

BSB
I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
KJV
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
WEB
I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
ASV
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
LSV
I strike them, and they are not able to rise, || They fall under my feet,
YLT
I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
DBY
I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
DRC17:39
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
GNV
I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete.
JPS18:39
I have smitten them through, so that they are not able to rise; they are fallen under my feet.
LXXE17:39
I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.

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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

WLC18:39
אֶ֭מְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻ֣כְלוּ ק֑וּם יִ֝פְּל֗וּ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָֽי׃KJV:Ps.18.38
LXX-Br17:39
Ἐκθλίψω αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνωνται στῆναι, πεσοῦνται ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
  • 2 Samuel 8:1–18Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines. David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a…
  • 2 Samuel 5:1–25Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to…
  • 2 Samuel 18:7–8There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men. The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than…
  • 2 Samuel 10:1–19Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun. And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his…
  • 2 Samuel 21:15–22Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted. Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear…
  • 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…
  • 2 Samuel 22:39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
  • Psalms 36:12There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
  • 1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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