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Sunday, August 17th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my powerful enemies and from all those who hate me— they were too strong for me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - War;   The Topic Concordance - Deliverance;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Water;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Breath;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - 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;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He rescued me from my powerful enemyand from those who hated me,for they were too strong for me.
Hebrew Names Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Lexham English Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from those who hate me, for they were mightier than I.
English Standard Version
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
New Century Version
He saved me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me.
New English Translation
He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.
Amplified Bible
"He rescued me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
New American Standard Bible
"He rescued me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He deliuered me from my strong enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Legacy Standard Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemy,From those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Contemporary English Version
You rescued me from enemies who were hateful and too powerful for me.
Complete Jewish Bible
he rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me, for they were stronger than I.
Darby Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; For they were mightier than I.
Easy-to-Read Version
He saved me from my powerful enemies, who hated me. They were too strong for me, so he saved me.
George Lamsa Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemies and from them that hated me; for they were too strong for me.
Literal Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were stronger than me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He delyuered me fro my stronge enemye, from them that hated me, for they were to mightie for me.
American Standard Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Bible in Basic English
He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He deliuered me from my mightie enemie, and from them that hated me: for they were to strong for me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
King James Version (1611)
He deliuered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated mee: for they were too strong for me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
English Revised Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Berean Standard Bible
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, for they were too mighty for me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He delyuerede me fro my myytiest enemy, and fro hem that hatiden me; for thei weren strongere than Y.
Young's Literal Translation
He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.
Update Bible Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Webster's Bible Translation
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
World English Bible
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
New King James Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me; For they were too strong for me.
New Living Translation
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
New Life Bible
He saved me from those strong ones who hated me. For they were too strong for me.
New Revised Standard
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He rescued me from my foe, in his might, - from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Revised Standard Version
He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Contextual Overview

2 The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress. 3 My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. He is my savior; he protects me and saves me from violence. 4 I call to the Lord , and he saves me from my enemies. Praise the Lord ! 5 The waves of death were all around me; the waves of destruction rolled over me. 6 The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me. 7 In my trouble I called to the Lord ; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. 8 Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry! 9 Smoke poured out of his nostrils, a consuming flame and burning coals from his mouth. 10 He tore the sky open and came down, with a dark cloud under his feet. 11 He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

delivered: 2 Samuel 22:1, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 56:9, 2 Corinthians 1:10, 2 Timothy 4:17

Reciprocal: Psalms 18:17 - strong Psalms 18:19 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
His descendants will become a great and mighty nation, and through him I will bless all the nations.
Genesis 22:1
Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, "Abraham!" And Abraham answered, "Yes, here I am!"
Genesis 22:3
Early the next morning Abraham cut some wood for the sacrifice, loaded his donkey, and took Isaac and two servants with him. They started out for the place that God had told him about.
Genesis 22:4
On the third day Abraham saw the place in the distance.
Genesis 22:5
Then he said to the servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you."
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place which God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
1 Samuel 2:30
I, the Lord God of Israel, promised in the past that your family and your clan would serve me as priests for all time. But now I say that I won't have it any longer! Instead, I will honor those who honor me, and I will treat with contempt those who despise me.
Psalms 72:17
May the king's name never be forgotten; may his fame last as long as the sun. May all nations ask God to bless them as he has blessed the king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. :-.


 
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