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Psalms 18:42

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

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ASV

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

KJV

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵ֗םve.'esh.cha.Kemand I crushed themH7833 →
כְּעָפָ֥רke.'a.Farlike dustH6083 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵי־pe.nei-[the] face ofH6440 →
ר֑וּחַRu.ach[the] windH7307 →
כְּטִ֖יטke.Titlike [the] mud ofH2916 →
חוּצ֣וֹתchu.Tzot[the] streetsH2351 →
אֲרִיקֵֽם׃'a.ri.KemI poured out themH7324 →

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Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?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.Isaiah 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.Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.Isaiah 41:15–16Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.2 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.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.Psalms 108:13With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.Isaiah 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.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.2 Chronicles 34:4Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.2 Samuel 22:43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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