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 made my enemies retreat before me; I annihilate those who hate me. 42They look, but there is no one to save them — they look to the Lord, but he does not answer them. I pulverize them like dust of the earth; I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets. 44You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. 45Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear, 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 13:7Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust at threshing.
• Psalms 35:5Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
• Malachi 4:1“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches.
• Psalms 18:42I pulverize them like dust before the wind; I trample them like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for my rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, and she will be covered with shame, the one who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look at her in triumph; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5They will be like warriors in battle trampling down the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put horsemen to shame.
• Deuteronomy 32:26“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces and blot out the memory of them from mankind,
• Isaiah 26:15You have added to the nation, Lord. You have added to the nation; you are honored. You have expanded all the borders of the land.
• Zechariah 2:6“Listen! Listen! Flee from the land of the north” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
• Luke 21:24They will be killed by the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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

In the dictionaries

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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