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2 Samuel 22:2

He said: "The LORD is my rock and my fortress [on the mountain] and my rescuer;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Fort;   Thompson Chain Reference - Battle of Life;   Deliverer, Divine;   Divine;   Fortress, God a;   God;   Names;   Protector, Divine;   Titles and Names;   The Topic Concordance - Deliverance;   Foundation;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Privileges of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deliverance, Deliverer;   Imagery;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cherethites and Pelethites;   David;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fortress;   Rock;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Rock;   Spiritual Rock;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 15;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He said:
Hebrew Names Version
and he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
King James Version
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Lexham English Bible
And he said: "Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
English Standard Version
He said, "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
New Century Version
He said: "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my Savior.
New English Translation
He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.
New American Standard Bible
He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayd, The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth mee.
Legacy Standard Bible
He said,"Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord and our God, you are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said: " Adonai is my Rock, my fortress and deliverer,
Darby Translation
And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is my Rock, my fortress, my place of safety.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said: I will love thee, O LORD my strength and my trust; the LORD is my strength and my fortress and my deliverer,
Good News Translation
The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress.
Literal Translation
And he said: Jehovah is my rock and my fortress, and my Deliverer.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and he sayde. The LORDE is my stony rock, & my castell, and my delyuerer.
American Standard Version
and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
Bible in Basic English
And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide: The Lorde is my rocke, and my castell, and my delyuerer.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
King James Version (1611)
And he said, The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse, and my deliuerer:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
English Revised Version
and he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
Berean Standard Bible
He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid seide, The Lord is my stoon, and my strengthe, and my sauyour;
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith: `Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
Update Bible Version
and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
World English Bible
and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
New King James Version
And he said: Psalms 18">[fn] "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
New Living Translation
He sang: "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
New Life Bible
He said, "The Lord is my rock, my strong place, and the One Who sets me free.
New Revised Standard
He said: The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he said, - Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer - mine;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
Revised Standard Version
He said, "The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
THE MESSAGE
God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

Contextual Overview

2He said: "The LORD is my rock and my fortress [on the mountain] and my rescuer; 3My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, My Savior—You save me from violence. 4"I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 5"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed and terrified me. 6"The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 7"In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God, And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice; My cry for help came into His ears. 8"Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of the heavens trembled And were shaken, because He was angry. 9"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. 11"He rode on a cherub and flew; He appeared upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Samuel 2:2, Psalms 18:2-50, Psalms 31:3, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 71:3, Psalms 91:2, Psalms 144:2, Matthew 16:18

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:32 - a rock 2 Samuel 22:51 - the tower 2 Samuel 23:3 - the Rock Luke 6:48 - rock

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
But God said, "No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.
Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham, "Do not let it distress you because of Ishmael and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her and do what she asks, for your descendants will be named through Isaac.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
Genesis 22:12
The LORD said, "Do not reach out [with the knife in] your hand against the boy, and do nothing to [harm] him; for now I know that you fear God [with reverence and profound respect], since you have not withheld from Me your son, your only son [of promise]."
Genesis 22:16
and said, "By Myself (on the basis of Who I Am) I have sworn [an oath], declares the LORD, that since you have done this thing and have not withheld [from Me] your son, your only son [of promise],
Judges 11:31
then whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering."
Judges 11:39
At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her as he had vowed; and she had no relations with a man. It became a custom in Israel,
2 Kings 3:27
Then the king of Moab took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him [publicly] as a burnt offering [to Chemosh] on the [city] wall [horrifying everyone]. And there was great wrath against Israel, and Israel's allies [Judah and Edom] withdrew from King Jehoram and returned to their own land.
2 Chronicles 3:1
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to his father David, in the place that David had prepared, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, The Lord [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. :-.


 
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