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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:40

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
As for my enemies—You have given to me the neck, || As for those hating me—I cut them off.
YLT
As to mine enemies — Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me — I cut them off.
DBY
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
DRC17:41
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
GNV
And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
JPS18:41
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, and I did cut off them that hate me.
LXXE17:41
And thou hast made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated 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

WLC18:41
וְֽאֹיְבַ֗י נָתַ֣תָּה לִּ֣י עֹ֑רֶף וּ֝מְשַׂנְאַ֗י אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃KJV:Ps.18.40
LXX-Br17:41
Καὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου ἔδωκάς μοι νῶτον, καὶ τοὺς μισοῦντάς με ἐξωλόθρευσας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  • Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

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

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  • 18:41 in some Bibles
  • 18:40 in most Bibles

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