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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou hast girded mee with strength to battel: them that rose vp against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Power;   Promises, Divine;   Strength;   Weakness-Power;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Strength;  

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 - 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;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ird;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Arms;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You have clothed me with strength for battle;you subdue my adversaries beneath me.
Hebrew Names Version
For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
King James Version
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Lexham English Bible
You have girded me with physical strength for the battle; you caused those who rose up against me to kneel under me.
English Standard Version
For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.
New Century Version
You gave me strength in battle. You made my enemies bow before me.
New English Translation
You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.
Amplified Bible
"For You have surrounded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who stood against me.
New American Standard Bible
"For You have encircled me with strength for battle; You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
Legacy Standard Bible
For You have girded me with strength for battle;You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Contemporary English Version
You helped me win victories and forced my attackers to fall victim to me.
Complete Jewish Bible
"For you braced me with strength for the battle and bent down my adversaries beneath me.
Darby Translation
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord, you made me strong in battle. You made my enemies fall before me.
George Lamsa Translation
Thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast made them that rise up against me to be subdued under me.
Good News Translation
You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.
Literal Translation
Yea, You girded me with might for battle; You caused those rising against me to bow under me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast girded me with strength to ye battayll, and hast subdued them vnder me yt rose vp agaynst me.
American Standard Version
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Bible in Basic English
For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle: and them that rose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
English Revised Version
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Berean Standard Bible
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou hast gird me with strengthe to batel; thou hast bowid vnder me hem that ayenstoden me.
Young's Literal Translation
And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
Update Bible Version
For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
World English Bible
For you have girded me with strength to the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
New King James Version
For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
New Living Translation
You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
New Life Bible
For You have dressed me with strength for battle. You have put under me those who came against me.
New Revised Standard
For you girded me with strength for the battle; you made my assailants sink under me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, - thou subduedst mine assailants under me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
Revised Standard Version
For thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; thou didst make my assailants sink under me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Contextual Overview

2 And he said, The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse, and my deliuerer: 3 The God of my rocke, in him will I trust: hee is my shield, and the horne of my saluation, my high tower, and my refuge, my Sauiour; thou sauest me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies. 5 When the waues of death compassed me: the floods of vngodly men made me afraid. 6 The sorowes of Hell compassed me about: the snares of death preuented me. 7 In my distresse I called vpon the Lord, and cryed to my God, and hee did heare my voice out of his Temple, and my crie did enter into his eares. 8 Then the earth shooke and trembled: the foundations of heauen mooued and shooke, because hee was wroth. 9 There went vp a smoake out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth deuoured: coales were kindled by it. 10 Hee bowed the heauens also and came downe: and darkenesse was vnder his feete. 11 And he rode vpon a Cherub, and did flie: and hee was seene vpon the wings of the winde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

girded: 1 Samuel 17:49-51, 1 Samuel 23:5, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 18:39, Isaiah 45:5, Colossians 1:11

them: Psalms 44:5, Psalms 144:2

subdued: Heb. caused to bow, Isaiah 60:14, Revelation 5:9

Reciprocal: Psalms 89:23 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

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