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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 22:2

The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress.

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

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

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. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will name him Isaac. I will keep my covenant with him and with his descendants forever. It is an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised.
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.
Genesis 22:12
"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."
Genesis 22:16
"I make a vow by my own name—the Lord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,
Judges 11:31
I will burn as an offering the first person that comes out of my house to meet me, when I come back from the victory. I will offer that person to you as a sacrifice."
Judges 11:39
After two months she came back to her father. He did what he had promised the Lord , and she died still a virgin. This was the origin of the custom in Israel
2 Kings 3:27
So he took his oldest son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him on the city wall as a sacrifice to the god of Moab. The Israelites were terrified and so they drew back from the city and returned to their own country.
2 Chronicles 3:1
King David, Solomon's father, had already prepared a place for the Temple. It was in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David, at the place which Araunah the Jebusite had used as a threshing place. King Solomon began the construction

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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


 
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