2 Samuel 22:40
Modern Translations
New International Version
You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.

New Living Translation
You have armed me with strength for the battle; you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

English Standard Version
For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.

Berean Study Bible
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

New American Standard Bible
“For You have encircled me with strength for battle; You have forced those who rose up against me to bow down under me.

NASB 1995
"For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

NASB 1977
“For Thou hast girded me with strength for battle; Thou hast subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Amplified Bible
“For You have surrounded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who stood against me.

Christian Standard Bible
You have clothed me with strength for battle; you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have clothed me with strength for battle; You subdue my adversaries beneath me.

Contemporary English Version
You helped me win victories and forced my attackers to fall victim to me.

Good News Translation
You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet.

International Standard Version
You strengthened me with valor sufficient for the battle; you made those who rebelled against me fall beneath me.

NET Bible
You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

New King James Version
For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose against me.

King James 2000 Bible
For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.

New Heart English Bible
For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

World English Bible
For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

American King James Version
For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me.

American Standard Version
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

A Faithful Version
For You have girded me with strength to battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou girdedst me with strength to battle: Thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.

English Revised Version
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For thou hast girded me with power to battell, and them that arose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle: and them that rose against me, hast thou subdued vnder me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Thou hast girded me with strength to ye battayll, and hast subdued them vnder me yt rose vp agaynst me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And You gird me [with] strength for battle, "" You cause my withstanders to bow under me.

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt fasten me together with strength for the war, Thou wilt subdue under me him rising up against me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have girded me with strength for the battle. Those who resisted me, you have bent down under me.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You shall gird me with power in battle, and you shall subdue under me those who stand against me

Lamsa Bible
Thou hast girded me with strength for the battle; thou hast made them that rise up against me to be subdued under me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
















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