2 Samuel 22:43
What does 2 Samuel 22:43 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:43 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small--I spread them out!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah drivingthemon.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Zechariah 2:6
Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.
- Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Deuteronomy 32:26
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
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