2 Samuel 22:40 “You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes b…”

2 Samuel 22:40

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

Darby Translation

And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

Young's Literal Translation

And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

Bible in Basic English

For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.

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Cross references

“girded”

Psalm 18:32 Psalm 18:39 Colossians 1:11 1 Samuel 17:49–51 1 Samuel 23:5 Isaiah 45:5

Psalm 18:32 · BSB

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

Psalm 18:39 · BSB

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

Colossians 1:11 · BSB

being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

1 Samuel 17:49–51 · BSB

Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

1 Samuel 23:5 · BSB

Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

Isaiah 45:5 · BSB

I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,

“them”

Psalm 44:5 Psalm 144:2

Psalm 44:5 · BSB

Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

Psalm 144:2 · BSB

He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

“subdued”

Isaiah 60:14 Revelation 5:9

Isaiah 60:14 · BSB

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Revelation 5:9 · BSB

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I destroyed those who hated me.

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