2 Samuel 22:37

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps,and my ankles do not give way.

Hebrew Names Version
You have enlarged my steps under me; My feet have not slipped.

King James Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

Lexham English Bible
You have broadened my steps beneath me; my ankles have not wobbled.

English Standard Version
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

New Century Version
You give me a better way to live, so I live as you want me to.

New English Translation
You widen my path; my feet do not slip.

Amplified Bible
"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

New American Standard Bible
"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast inlarged my steppes vnder me, and mine heeles haue not slid.

Legacy Standard Bible
You enlarge my steps under me,And my ankles have not given way.

Contemporary English Version
You clear the way for me, and now I won't stumble.

Complete Jewish Bible
You lengthen the steps I can take, yet my ankles do not turn.

Darby Translation
Thou enlargedst my steps under me; And mine ankles did not slip.

Easy-to-Read Version
You cleared a path for my feet so that I could walk without stumbling.

George Lamsa Translation
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip.

Good News Translation
You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen.

Literal Translation
You have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast enlarged my goinge vnder me, and myne ankles haue not slyded.

American Standard Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.

Bible in Basic English
You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me: and my legges shall not faile me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

King James Version (1611)
Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me: so that my feet did not slip.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.

English Revised Version
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.

Berean Standard Bible
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt alarge my steppis vndur me; and myn heelis schulen not faile.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

Update Bible Version
You have enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet have not slipped.

World English Bible
You have enlarged my steps under me; My feet have not slipped.

New King James Version
You enlarged my path under me; So my feet did not slip.

New Living Translation
You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.

New Life Bible
You give me a big place for my steps. I have not fallen.

New Revised Standard
You have made me stride freely, and my feet do not slip;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou didst widen my stepping-places, under me, - so that mine ankles faltered not:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt enlarge my steps under me: and my ankles shall not fail.

Revised Standard Version
Thou didst give a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Contextual Overview

² 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. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

enlarged: Psalms 4:1, Psalms 18:36, Proverbs 4:12

feet: Heb. ankles, 1 Samuel 2:9, Psalms 17:5, Psalms 94:18, Psalms 121:3

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. :-.