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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:39

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 unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.subdued: Heb. caused to bow
WEB
For you have armed me with strength to 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, 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.
DRC17:40
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
GNV
For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.
JPS18:40
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
LXXE17:40
For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against 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

WLC18:40
וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֣נִי חַ֭יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֖יעַ קָמַ֣י תַּחְתָּֽי׃KJV:Ps.18.39
LXX-Br17:40
Καὶ περιέζωσάς με δύναμιν εἰς πόλεμον, συνεπόδισας πάντας τοὺς ἐπανισταένους ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ὑποκάτω 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

  • 2 Samuel 22:40–41You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
  • Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
  • Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
  • Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in…
  • 1 Corinthians 15:25–28For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this…
  • Psalms 34:21Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
  • Ezekiel 30:24–25I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man. I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king,…
  • Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
  • John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  • Lamentations 5:5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
  • 1 Chronicles 22:18“Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  • Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
  • Philippians 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

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  • 18:40 in some Bibles
  • 18:39 in most Bibles

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