Psalm 18:34 “He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.”

Psalm 18:34

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

American Standard Version

He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Geneva Bible 1599

He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes.

Darby Translation

Who teacheth my hands to war, and mine arms bend a bow of brass;

Young's Literal Translation

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

Bible in Basic English

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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Cross references

“teacheth”

Psalm 144:1 2 Samuel 22:36 Isaiah 28:6 Isaiah 45:1

Psalm 144:1 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2 Samuel 22:36 · BSB

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Isaiah 28:6 · BSB

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Isaiah 45:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

“so that”

Psalm 46:9 Jeremiah 49:35 Hosea 1:5

Psalm 46:9 · BSB

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Jeremiah 49:35 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

Hosea 1:5 · BSB

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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

In context

33He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

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