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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trampled them in the gutter like dirt.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:43

41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. 42They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the Lord, but he did not answer. I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets. 44“You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me, 45foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of 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 13:7Nothing had been left of the army of Jehoahaz except fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest and made them like the dust at threshing time.
• Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
• Daniel 2:35Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
• Malachi 4:1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
• Psalms 18:42I beat them as fine as windblown dust; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 10:6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see it and will be covered with shame, she who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will see her downfall; even now she will be trampled underfoot like mire in the streets.
• Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
• Deuteronomy 32:26I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory,
• Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, Lord; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.
• Zechariah 2:6“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the Lord.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on 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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• Songs
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• Samuel, Books of
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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