Psalms 18:38
What does Psalms 18:38 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 18:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 5:1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2 Samuel 22:39
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
- 2 Samuel 18:7
And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
- Psalms 47:3
He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.
- 2 Samuel 8:1
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 23:5
And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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