2 Samuel 22 · Verse 35

2 Samuel 22:35

He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

2 Samuel 22:35, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:35 in other translations

BSB	He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
WEB	He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
ASV	He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
YLT	Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
DARBY	He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass.
BBE	He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.
Webster	He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

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מְלַמֵּ֥דme.la.Med[he has] trainedH3925

יָדַ֖יya.Daihands myH3027

לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421

וְנִחַ֥תve.ni.Chatand it will stretchH5181

קֶֽשֶׁת\־ke.shet-a bow ofH7198

נְחוּשָׁ֖הne.chu.ShahbronzeH5154

זְרֹעֹתָֽי\׃ze.ro.'o.Taiarms myH2220

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 144:1
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Psalms 18:33-34
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Ezekiel 39:9-10
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 39:3
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Psalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

teacheth.
Ps 18:33,34; 144:1
to war. Heb. for the war. a bow.
Ps 46:9; Eze 39:3,9,10

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2 Samuel 22:34
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
2 Samuel 22:36
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El que enseña mis manos para la pelea, y da que con mis brazos quiebre el arco de acero.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il enseigne mes mains à combattre; et mes bras bandent un arc d’airain.
German Elberfelder 1871	Er lehrt meine Hände den Streit, und meine Arme spannen den ehernen Bogen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	docens manus meas ad prælium, et componens quasi arcum æreum brachia mea.