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Wycliffe Bible

2 Samuel 22:37

Thou schalt alarge my steppis vndur me; and myn heelis schulen not faile.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Deterioration-Development;   Enlargement;   Larger Life;   Progress, Spiritual;   Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Strength;   Stumbling/slipping;  

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 - Obsolete or obscure words in the english av bible;   Samuel first and second books of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Feet;   Slip;   Steps;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Enlarge;   Foot;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

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.
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 And Dauid seide, The Lord is my stoon, and my strengthe, and my sauyour; 3 my God, my stronge, I schal hope in to hym; my scheeld, and the horn of myn helthe, `my reisere, and my refuyt; my sauyour, thou schalt delyuere me fro wickidnesse. 4 Y schal inwardly clepe the Lord worthi to be preisid; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes. 5 For the sorewis of deeth cumpasside me; the strondis of Belial maden me aferd. 6 The coordis of helle cumpassiden me; the snaris of deeth camen bifor me. 7 In tribulacioun Y schal clepe, `that is, Y clepide thee, Lord, and Y schal crie to my God; and he herd fro his holi temple my vois, and my crye schal come to hise eeris. 8 The erthe was mouyd, and tremblide; the foundementis of hillis weren smytun and schakun togidere, for the Lord was wrooth to hem. 9 Smoke stiede fro hise nosethirlis, and fier of his mouth schal deuoure; colis weren kyndlid of it. 10 And he bowide heuenes, and cam doun; and myist vndur hise feet. 11 And he stiede on cherubyn, and fliy; and he slood on the pennys of wynd.

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. :-.


 
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