2 Samuel 22:43

2 Samuel 22:43 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trod them like dirt in the streets, And I spread them out.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:43

41You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in retreat], And I destroyed those who hated me. 42They looked, but there was no savior for them— Even to the Lord [they looked], but He did not answer them. Then I beat them as [small as] the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire (dirt, mud) of the streets. 44You also have rescued me from strife with my [own] people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. People whom I have not known served me. 45Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.

2 Samuel 22:43 word by word

וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then did I beatשָׁחַקshâchaq · to beatH7833
• them as small as the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• I did stampדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
• them as the mireטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• of the streetחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• did spread them abroadרָקַעrâqa‛ · to beatH7554

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:43

• 2 Kings 13:7For he left to Jehoahaz [king of Israel] an army of no more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram (Ben-hadad) had destroyed them and made them like dust to be trampled.
• Psalms 35:5Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and became like the chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. And the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
• Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Psalms 18:42Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My wrath To take the spoil and to seize the plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy [all the pagan nations] shall see it, And shame [for despising the Lord] will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look on her [with satisfaction at her judgment]; Now she (unbelievers) will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men Trampling down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; And they will fight because the Lord is with them, And the [enemies’] riders on horses will be shamed.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away], I will remove the memory of them from men,”
• Isaiah 26:15You have increased the nation, O Lord; You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.
• Zechariah 2:6“Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.
• Luke 21:24And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:43

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-51David praises God for saving him in the past and for promising blessings to his family in the future (see 2 Samuel 7:8–16).Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings