2 Samuel 22 · Verse 43

2 Samuel 22:43

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2 Samuel 22:43, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:43 in other translations

BSBI ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
WEBThen I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.
ASVThen did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
YLTAnd I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small--I spread them out!
DARBYAnd I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.
BBEThen they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
WebsterThen I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad.

2 Samuel 22:43 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖םve.'esh.cha.Kemand I beat fine themH7833
כַּעֲפַר\־ka.'a.far-like [the] dust ofH6083
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earthH776
כְּטִיט\־ke.tit-like [the] mud ofH2916
חוּצ֥וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351
אֲדִקֵּ֖ם'a.di.KemI pulverized themH1854
אֶרְקָעֵֽם\׃'er.ka.'EmI beat out themH7554

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:43

  • Micah 7:10

    Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • 2 Kings 13:7

    Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  • Zechariah 10:5

    And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Isaiah 26:15

    Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

  • Daniel 2:35

    Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

  • Zechariah 2:6

    Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 18:42

    Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Psalms 35:5

    Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as small.
2Ki 13:7; Ps 35:5; Da 2:35; Mal 4:1
as the mire.
Ps 18:42; Isa 10:6; Mic 7:10; Zec 10:5
did spread.
De 32:26; Isa 26:15; Zec 2:6; Lu 21:24

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:42

    They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  • 2 Samuel 22:43

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

  • 2 Samuel 22:44

    Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

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2 Samuel 22:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo los desmenuzaré como polvo de la tierra; hollarélos como á lodo de las plazas, y los disiparé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je les ai brisés menu comme la poussière de la terre; comme la boue des rues, je les ai écrasés, je les ai foulés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich zermalmte sie wie Staub der Erde; wie Straßenkot zertrat, zerstampfte ich sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Delebo eos ut pulverem terræ; quasi lutum platearum comminuam eos atque confringam.