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2 Samuel 22:43

in 2 Samuel 22

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

KJV

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 22

Commentary

1 note on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. See Gill on Psa 18:42.

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.

  • וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖םand I beat fine them

    veeshchakemH7833 →

  • כַּעֲפַר־like [the] dust of

    kaafar-H6083 →

  • אָ֑רֶץ[the] earth

    ʾaretzH776 →2504 times

  • כְּטִיט־like [the] mud of

    ketit-H2916 →

  • חוּצ֥וֹת[the] streets

    chutzotH2351 →164 times

  • אֲדִקֵּ֖םI pulverized them

    ʾadikemH1854 →

  • אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃I beat out them

    ʾerkaemH7554 →

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

Related verses

16 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.

Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.6 worksIsaiah 41:25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.6 worksIsaiah 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.6 worksIsaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.5 works2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.4 worksMalachi 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.4 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.3 worksDeuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,2 worksDaniel 2:35Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.2 worksPsalms 35:5May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.2 worksLuke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.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 worksIsaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.2 worksPsalms 18:42I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.2 worksZechariah 2:6“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.2 worksDaniel 7:7After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.0 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

    Micah 7:10

    Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 10:5

      They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 50:33–34

      This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.

    • Psalms 42:10

      Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

    • Joel 2:17

      Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among…

    • Psalms 18:42

      I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.

  • Through

    Zechariah 10:5

    They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

    it leads to

    • Haggai 2:22

      I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his…

  • Through

    Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 9:17

      Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 32:26

    I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:64

      Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…

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

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