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2 Samuel 22:41

in 2 Samuel 22

You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

KJV

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

This verse in 2 Samuel 22

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. See Gill on Psa 18:40.

The words behind it

6 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.

  • וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יand enemies my

    veoyevaiH341 →282 times

  • תַּ֥תָּהyou have given

    tatahH5414 →2011 times

  • לִּ֖יto <the> me

    li

  • עֹ֑רֶףa neck

    ʾorefH6203 →

  • מְשַׂנְאַ֖י[those who] hate me

    mesanaiH8130 →146 times

  • וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃and I destroyed them

    vaatzmitemH6789 →

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

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

    Exodus 23:27

    I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 2:25

      This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

    • Genesis 35:5

      As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

    • Deuteronomy 11:25

      No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    • Deuteronomy 7:23

      But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.

    • Psalms 18:40

      You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.

  • Through

    Luke 19:14

    But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 8:7

      And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as…

    • Acts 7:51–52

      You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:24

    When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks…

    it leads to

    • Malachi 4:3

      Then 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.

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.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).