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2 Samuel 22:40

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle,—thou subduedst mine assailants under me:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Thou girdest me [with] strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For thou hast girded mee with strength to battel: them that rose vp against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast made them that rise up against me to be subdued under me.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For thou hast girded 247
{0247} Prime
אָזַר
'azar
{aw-zar'}
A primitive root; to belt.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
me with strength 2428
{2428} Prime
חַיִל
chayil
{khah'-yil}
From H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.
to battle: 4421
{4421} Prime
מִלְחָמָה
milchamah
{mil-khaw-maw'}
From H3898 (in the sense of fighting); a battle (that is, the engagement); generally war (that is, warfare).
them that rose up 6965
{6965} Prime
קוּם
quwm
{koom}
A primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literally, figuratively, intensively and causatively).
z8801
<8801> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 309
against me hast thou subdued 3766
{3766} Prime
כָּרַע
kara`
{kaw-rah'}
A primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication to sink, to prostrate.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
under x8478
(8478) Complement
תַּחַת
tachath
{takh'-ath}
From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on 2 Samuel 22:1-51.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Samuel 22:2-51.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

2 Samuel 22:40

For thou hast (q) girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

(q) He acknowledges that God was the author of his victories, who gave him strength.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
girded:

1 Samuel 17:49-51 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. ... Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Samuel 23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
Psalms 18:32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalms 18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Isaiah 45:5 I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Colossians 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

them:

Psalms 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Psalms 144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

subdued:
Heb. caused to bow,
Isaiah 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1S 17:49; 23:5. Ps 18:32, 39; 44:5; 144:2. Is 45:5; 60:14. Col 1:11. Rv 5:9.

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