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Christian Standard Bible ®

Psalms 18:37

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   War;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Giants;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
English Standard Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.
New Century Version
I chased my enemies and caught them. I did not quit until they were destroyed.
New English Translation
I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
Amplified Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
New American Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
World English Bible
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue pursued mine enemies, and taken them, and haue not turned againe till I had consumed them.
Legacy Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them,And I did not turn back until they were consumed.
Berean Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
Contemporary English Version
I kept chasing my enemies, until I caught them and destroyed them.
Complete Jewish Bible
You lengthen the steps I can take, yet my ankles do not turn.
Darby Translation
I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.
Easy-to-Read Version
I chased my enemies and caught them. I did not stop until they were destroyed.
George Lamsa Translation
I will pursue my enemies and overtake them; and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
Good News Translation
I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them.
Lexham English Bible
I chased my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were finished off.
Literal Translation
I have pursued my enemies and have overtaken them; nor did I turn till they were finished.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will folowe vpon myne enemies, and take them: I will not turne till they be discomfited.
American Standard Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
Bible in Basic English
I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
King James Version (1611)
I haue pursued mine enemies, and ouertaken them: neither did I turne againe till they were consumed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
English Revised Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou alargidist my paaces vndur me; and my steppis ben not maad vnstidefast.
Update Bible Version
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
New King James Version
I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
New Living Translation
I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered.
New Life Bible
I went after those who fight against me, and caught them. And I did not return until they were destroyed.
New Revised Standard
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back until they were consumed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-38) I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
Revised Standard Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back till they were consumed.
Young's Literal Translation
I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Contextual Overview

29With you I can attack a barricade,and with my God I can leap over a wall. 30God—his way is perfect;the word of the Lord is pure.He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. 31For who is God besides the Lord?And who is a rock? Only our God. 32God—he clothes me with strengthand makes my way perfect. 33He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights. 34He trains my hands for war;my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 35You have given me the shield of your salvation;your right hand upholds me,and your humility exalts me. 36You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,and my ankles do not give way. 37I pursue my enemies and overtake them;I do not turn back until they are wiped out.38I crush them, and they cannot get up;they fall beneath my feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 3:7, Psalms 9:3, Psalms 35:2, Psalms 35:5, Psalms 118:11, Psalms 118:12, Numbers 24:17-19, Isaiah 53:10-12, Isaiah 63:1-6, Revelation 6:2, Revelation 19:19, Revelation 19:20

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:19 - stay ye 2 Samuel 7:9 - cut off 2 Samuel 10:19 - feared 2 Samuel 22:39 - General 2 Chronicles 13:20 - did Psalms 41:10 - that Psalms 71:24 - for they Habakkuk 3:13 - thou woundedst

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them,.... Which may refer to David's pursuing the Amalekites, who overtook them and recovered all they had carried away, 1 Samuel 30:8; so Kimchi explains it;

neither did I turn again till they were consumed; for not a man escaped, save four hundred young men that rode on camels and fled,

Psalms 18:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them - He had not only routed them, but had had strength to pursue them; he had not only pursued them, but he had been enabled to come up to them. The idea is that of complete success and absolute triumph.

Neither did I turn again - I was not driven back, nor was I weary and exhausted, and compelled to give over the pursuit.

Till they were consumed - Until they were all either slain or made captive, so that the hostile forces vanished. None of my enemies were left.


 
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