2 Samuel 22:35
 2 Samuel 22:35 
New International Version (©2011)
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

English Standard Version (©2001)
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze.

NET Bible (©2006)
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He trains my hands for battle so that my arms can bend an [archer's] bow of bronze.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
He teaches my hands to make war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

American King James Version
He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

American Standard Version
He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

Darby Bible Translation
He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass.

English Revised Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Webster's Bible Translation
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

World English Bible
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

Young's Literal Translation
Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-51 David's psalm of thanksgiving. - This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as Ps 18. They that trust God in the way of duty, shall find him a present help in their greatest dangers: David did so. Remarkable preservations should be particularly mentioned in our praises. We shall never be delivered from all enemies till we get to heaven. God will preserve all his people, 2Ti 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.


Pulpit Commentary

Verses 35-37. -

"He teaeheth my hands to war;
And mine arms can bend a bow of bronze.
And thou hast given me thy saving shield;
And thy hearing of me hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
And my feet have not slipped."
Bow of bronze. In Job 20:24 we also read of bows made of this metal, or compound of metals, which was a far more ancient material for weapons than steel. The bending of such a bow was proof of great strength, and the last artifice of Penelope, to save herself from the suitors, was to promise her hand to the man who could bend Ulysses' bow. Thy hearing of me; in Psalm 18:35, and Authorized Version and Revised Version here, "thy gentleness." The words in the Hebrew are very nearly alike, but the Septuagint notices the difference, and translates "hearing" in this place, but "chastisement" in the psalm. The Vulgate has "gentleness" or "mildness" here, and "discipline" in the psalm. The Syriac alone has "discipline" in both places. My feet; literally, ankle bones, the weakness of which causes men to totter.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. See Gill on Psalm 18:34.


2 Samuel 22:35 Parallel Commentaries

2 Samuel 22:35 NIV
2 Samuel 22:35 NLT
2 Samuel 22:35 ESV
2 Samuel 22:35 NASB
2 Samuel 22:35 KJV

Bible Hub: Online Parallel Bible


David's Song of Deliverance
34He makes my feet like hinds' feet: and sets me on my high places. 35He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. 36You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great. …

1 Samuel 17:45 David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Job 20:24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
Psalm 18:34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psalm 144:1 Of David. Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.