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, And I destroyed those who hated me. 42They looked, but there was no one to save them; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like the mud of the streets. 44You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me. 45Foreigners pretend to obey me; 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

• Then I pulverizedשָׁחַקshâchaq · to beatH7833
• them as the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• I crushedדָּקַקdâqaq · to crushH1854
• trampledרָקַעrâqa‛ · to beatH7554
• them like the mudטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• of the streetsחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:43

• 2 Kings 13:7For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and made them like the dust at threshing.
• Psalms 35:5Let them be like chaff before the wind, 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 to pieces all at the same time, and they were like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the entire earth.
• Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches.
• Psalms 18:42Then I beat them fine like the dust before the wind; I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture spoils and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look at her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mud of the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5And they will be like warriors, Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle; And they will fight, because the Lord will be with them; And the riders on horses will be put to shame.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, “I will wipe them out, I will remove the mention of their name from humanity,”
• Isaiah 26:15You have increased the nation, Lord, You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.
• Zechariah 2:6“You there! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “because I have spread you out 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 the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot 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

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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