2 Samuel 22:42
in 2 Samuel 22They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
KJV
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
1 note on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. See Gill on Psa 18:41.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יִשְׁע֖וּ | yishu | they looked | H8159 → | |
| וְאֵ֣ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מֹשִׁ֑יעַ | moshia' | [was] a deliverer | H3467 → | 206 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| עָנָֽם׃ | ʾanam | he answered them | H6030 → | 331 times |
יִשְׁע֖וּthey looked
yishuH8159 →
וְאֵ֣יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
מֹשִׁ֑יעַ[was] a deliverer
moshia'H3467 →206 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
עָנָֽם׃he answered them
ʾanamH6030 →331 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
it leads to
- Micah 3:4
Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 7:13
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 59:2–3
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Micah 3:4
Through
Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 1:15
Through
1 Samuel 28:6He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
it leads to
- Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- 1 Samuel 14:37
So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
- Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find…
- Numbers 12:6
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel

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