2 Samuel 22:41
What does 2 Samuel 22:41 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:41 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And mine enemies--Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me--and I cut them off.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752My enemies thou hast made to turn their back to me: them that hated me, and I shall destroy them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 21:8
Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
- Exodus 23:27
I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
- Psalms 18:40
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
- Joshua 10:24
And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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