2 Samuel 22 · Verse 40

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2 Samuel 22:40, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:40 in other translations

BSBYou have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
WEBFor you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
ASVFor thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
YLTAnd Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
DARBYAnd thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
BBEFor I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.
WebsterFor thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

2 Samuel 22:40 in the original Hebrew

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וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִיva.taz.Re.niand you have girded meH247
חַ֖יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
תַּכְרִ֥יעַtakh.Ri.a'you make bow downH3766
קָמַ֖יka.Mai[those who] rise against meH6965
תַּחְתֵּֽנִי\׃tach.Te.niunder meH8478

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

Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:40

  • Psalms 44:5

    Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Colossians 1:11

    Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  • Psalms 18:32

    It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

  • Psalms 18:39

    For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

  • Psalms 144:2

    My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

  • 1 Samuel 17:49-51

    And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

  • Isaiah 45:5

    I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

  • 1 Samuel 23:5

    So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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girded.
1Sa 17:49-51; 23:5; Ps 18:32,39; Isa 45:5; Col 1:11
them.
Ps 44:5; 144:2
subdued. Heb. caused to bow.
Isa 60:14; Re 5:9

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:39

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

  • 2 Samuel 22:40

    For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

  • 2 Samuel 22:41

    Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

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2 Samuel 22:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ceñísteme de fortaleza para la batalla, y postraste debajo de mí los que contra mí se levantaron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu m’as ceint de force pour le combat; tu as courbé sous moi ceux qui s’élevaient contre moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du umgürtetest mich mit Kraft zum Streit, beugtest unter mich, die wider mich aufstanden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Accinxisti me fortitudine ad prælium: incurvasti resistentes mihi subtus me.