2 Samuel 22:32
in 2 Samuel 22For 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 verseThis site's exposition
who is God, save the Lord
on 2 Samuel 22:32-34
Who is God, save the Lord, and who is a rock, save our God turns the song briefly from thanksgiving to confession, a question that answers itself against every god the surrounding nations named. Feet like hinds' feet set upon high places is battlefield imagery, sure footing on rock rather than speed alone, and Keil and Delitzsch read it beside the earlier waves and floods, the same man now standing secure on ground that once seemed to be sinking under him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): Who is God, save the Lord? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders.
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִי־ | mi- | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| אֵ֖ל | ʾel | [is] God | H410 → | 241 times |
| מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י | mibaladei | <from> except | H1107 → | |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּמִ֥י | umi | and who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| צ֖וּר | tzur | [is] a rock | H6697 → | 78 times |
| מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י | mibaladei | <from> except | H1107 → | |
| אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
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.
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 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.
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.”
- Isaiah 41:4
Through
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.
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.
- Isaiah 44:6
Through
Isaiah 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.”
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,…
- Isaiah 43:10
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
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.