KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 22:29–31
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2 Samuel 22:29
29For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
29For thou art my ‖lampe, O LORD: and the LORD wil lighten my darkenesse.
- Or, candle.
2 Samuel 22:30
30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30For by thee I haue ‖run through a troupe: by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall.
- Or, broken a troupe.
2 Samuel 22:31
31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
31 As for God, his way is perfect, the word of the LORD is ‖tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
- Or, refined.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:29
A person, word, commandment, lineage, righteousness, salvation, or life represented as a lamp giving or continuing light.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To make light or give light; to illuminate, enlighten, flash, or relieve a burden.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:30
To move swiftly on foot; to flow, spread, proceed, continue, or carry out a course.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A gathered company, band, multitude, or body of fighters or raiders.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To spring or rise from the ground with both feet, as man, or with all the feet, as other animals; to jump; to vault.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place; figuratively, a defense or protection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:31
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Finished; complete; consummate; not defective; having all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A small shield carried for defense.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Something committed to a person’s care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 29
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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Open the full verse study12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Open the full verse study23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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Open the full verse study3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Open the full verse study46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
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Open the full verse study9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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Open the full verse study4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
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Open the full verse study19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
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Open the full verse study28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
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Open the full verse study6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Open the full verse study11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Open the full verse study11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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Open the full verse study17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
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Open the full verse study2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
From verse 30
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Open the full verse study29For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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Open the full verse study13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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Open the full verse study10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
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Open the full verse study37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
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Open the full verse study5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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Open the full verse study30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
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Open the full verse study48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
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Open the full verse study6The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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Open the full verse study3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
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Open the full verse study140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
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Open the full verse study37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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Open the full verse study2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
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Open the full verse study9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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Open the full verse study4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
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Open the full verse study3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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Open the full verse study7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
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