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2 Samuel 22:32

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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

KJV

For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

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This verse in 2 Samuel 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

who is God besides the LORD

on 2 Samuel 22:32-34

“For who is God besides the LORD?” turns the song from thanks to confession, a question that answers itself against the gods of the nations. God makes David’s feet “like those of a deer” and stations him “upon the heights”, sure footing on rock.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

): Who is God, save the Lord? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens

For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God? See Gill on Psa 18:31.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • מִי־who?

    mi-H4310 →423 times

  • אֵ֖ל[is] God

    ʾelH410 →241 times

  • מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י<from> except

    mibaladeiH1107 →

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וּמִ֥יand who?

    umiH4310 →423 times

  • צ֖וּר[is] a rock

    tzurH6697 →78 times

  • מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י<from> except

    mibaladeiH1107 →

  • אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃God our

    ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.35 worksIsaiah 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”9 works2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,7 worksLuke 6:48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.6 worksDeuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.4 worksPsalms 18:31For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?4 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.3 worksJeremiah 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.3 worksIsaiah 45:5–6I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,2 worksDeuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.2 worksIsaiah 45:21Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.2 works2 Samuel 22:2–3He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.2 worksJeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 44:6

    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 41:4

      Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”

    • Isaiah 43:10–11

      “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…

    • Revelation 1:8

      “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

    • Revelation 22:13

      I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

    • Isaiah 44:8

      Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

  • Through

    1 Samuel 2:2

    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 44:6

      Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

    • Psalms 86:8

      O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.

  • Through

    Isaiah 44:8

    Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 43:10

      “You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed,…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 22 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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