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2 Samuel 22:39

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I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.

KJV

And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 22

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them

on 2 Samuel 22:38-40

The verbs stack: David pursues, destroys, devours and crushes his enemies until they “have fallen under my feet”. He does not turn back until they are consumed. Then the credit goes to God, “You have armed me with strength for battle”, the same claim the song makes of every victory.

This site's exposition

they have fallen under my feet

Under the feet is the posture of a conquered enemy, as when Joshua's captains set their feet on the necks of kings at Joshua 10:24. John Gill reads the verse with Psalm 18:38. The next verse gives the victory back to God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. See Gill on Psa 18:38.

The words behind it

7 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.

  • וָאֲכַלֵּ֥םand I brought to an end them

    vaakhalemH3615 →208 times

  • וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖םand I shattered them

    vaemchatzemH4272 →

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יְקוּמ֑וּןthey will rise !

    yekumunH6965 →628 times

  • וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּand they fell

    vaiyipeluH5307 →435 times

  • תַּ֥חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • רַגְלָֽי׃feet my

    raglaiH7272 →247 times

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

Related verses

7 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.

Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.5 worksPsalms 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.2 worksPsalms 18:37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.2 worksMalachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”2 worksPsalms 110:1The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”2 worksPsalms 118:10–12All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 18:38I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.2 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

    Psalms 110:1

    The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 10:12–13

      But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:25

      For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

    • Luke 20:42–43

      For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

    • Hebrews 1:13

      Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?

    • Mark 12:35–37

      While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

  • Through

    Malachi 4:1

    “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…

    it leads to

    • 2 Thessalonians 1:8

      in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

    • 2 Peter 3:7

      And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

    • Malachi 3:2

      But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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