2 Samuel 22 · Verse 38

2 Samuel 22:38

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
2 Samuel 22:38, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:38 in other translations

BSBI pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
WEBI have pursued my enemies and destroyed them. I didn’t turn again until they were consumed.
ASVI have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
YLTI pursue mine enemies and destroy them, And I turn not till they are consumed.
DARBYI pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, And I turned not again till they were consumed.
BBEI go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.
WebsterI have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

2 Samuel 22:38 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶרְדְּפָ֥ה'er.de.Fahlet me pursueH7291
אֹיְבַ֖י'o.ye.Vaienemies myH341
וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑םva.'ash.mi.Demand I destroyed themH8045
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
אָשׁ֖וּב'a.ShuvI returnedH7725
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
כַּלּוֹתָֽם\׃ka.lo.Tambrought to an end themH3615

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:38

  • Psalms 21:8-9

    Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

  • 2 Samuel 5:18-25

    The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. And David came to Baal–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal–perazim. And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. …

  • 2 Samuel 10:14

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 8:1-2

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

  • Romans 8:37

    Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

  • 2 Samuel 8:13-14

    And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:18-25; 8:1,2,13,14; 10:14; Ps 21:8,9; Ro 8:37

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:37

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

  • 2 Samuel 22:38

    I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

  • 2 Samuel 22:39

    And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

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2 Samuel 22:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Perseguiré á mis enemigos, y quebrantarélos; y no me volveré hasta que los acabe.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai poursuivi mes ennemis, et je les ai détruits; et je ne m’en suis pas retourné que je ne les aie consumés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Meinen Feinden jagte ich nach und vertilgte sie; und ich kehrte nicht um, bis sie aufgerieben waren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Persequar inimicos meos, et conteram, et non convertar donec consumam eos.