2 Samuel 22:48

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God—he grants me vengeanceand casts down peoples under me.

Hebrew Names Version
Even the God who executes vengeance for me, Who brings down peoples under me,

King James Version
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.

Lexham English Bible
God does vengeance for me, bringing down peoples under me.

English Standard Version
the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

New Century Version
God gives me victory over my enemies and brings people under my rule.

New English Translation
The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

Amplified Bible
"It is God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down [and disciplines] the peoples under me,

New American Standard Bible
The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,

Geneva Bible (1587)
It is God that giueth me power to reuenge me, and subdue the people vnder me,

Legacy Standard Bible
The God who executes vengeance for me,And brings down peoples under me,

Contemporary English Version
You took revenge for me, and you put nations in my power.

Complete Jewish Bible
the God who gives me vengeance and makes peoples submit to me.

Darby Translation
The God who hath avenged me, And hath brought the peoples under me.

Easy-to-Read Version
He is the God who punishes my enemies for me, the one who puts people under my rule.

George Lamsa Translation
Thou art the God who has given me vengeance and hast brought down the peoples under me

Good News Translation
He gives me victory over my enemies; he subdues the nations under me

Literal Translation
He is God who is giving vengeance for me, and brings down peoples under me,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
God seyth that I be auenged, and subdueth the people vnto me.

American Standard Version
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,

Bible in Basic English
It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is God that geueth me [power] to reuenge me: & bringeth downe the people vnder me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,

King James Version (1611)
It is God that auengeth mee, and that bringeth downe the people vnder me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord who avenges me is strong, chastening the nations under me,

English Revised Version
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and bringeth down peoples under me,

Berean Standard Bible
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, that yyuest veniauncis to me; and hast cast doun puplis vndur me.

Young's Literal Translation
God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And bringing down peoples under me,

Update Bible Version
Even the God that executes vengeance for me, And that brings down peoples under me,

Webster's Bible Translation
It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,

World English Bible
Even the God who executes vengeance for me, Who brings down peoples under me,

New King James Version
It is God who avenges me, And subdues the peoples under me;

New Living Translation
He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he brings down the nations under me

New Life Bible
He is the God Who punishes for me. He puts people under my rule.

New Revised Standard
the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The GOD who hath avenged me, and brought down peoples under me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
God who giveth me revenge, and bringest down people under me,

Revised Standard Version
the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me,

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

avengeth me: Heb. giveth avengement for me, 2 Samuel 18:19, 2 Samuel 18:31, 1 Samuel 25:30, Psalms 94:1

that bringeth: Psalms 110:1, Psalms 144:2, 1 Corinthians 15:25

Reciprocal: Judges 5:2 - for the avenging 1 Samuel 25:31 - avenged 2 Samuel 4:8 - the Lord Psalms 18:47 - avengeth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. :-.