2 Samuel 22:33–35
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
God is my strength and power: and he †maketh my way perfect.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. riddeth, or, looseth.
He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
Hee †maketh my feet like hindes feet: and setteth mee vpon my high places.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. equalleth.
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He teacheth my hands †to warre: so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. for the warre.
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From verse 33
- Ephesians 6:10Rank 1 from verse 33
- Isaiah 41:10Rank 2 from verse 33
10¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
10¶ Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not dismaied, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea I will helpe thee, yea I will vphold thee with the right hand of my righteousnesse.
- Psalms 27:1Rank 3 from verse 33
- Psalms 28:7–8Rank 4 from verse 33
7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
7The LORD is my strength, and my shield, my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly reioyceth, and with my song will I praise him.
8‖†The LORD is their strength, and hee is the sauing strength of his Anointed.
- Philippians 4:13Rank 5 from verse 33
- Hebrews 13:21Rank 6 from verse 33
21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21Make you perfect in euery good worke to doe his will, ‖working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Iesus Christ, to whom be glorie for euer and euer. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9Rank 7 from verse 33
9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
9And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weaknes. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest vpon me.
- Psalms 119:1Rank 8 from verse 33
- Psalms 31:3–4Rank 9 from verse 33
3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
3For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therfore for thy names sake lead me, and guide me.
4Pull me out of the net, that they haue layd priuily for me: for thou art my strength.
- Psalms 46:1Rank 10 from verse 33
- 2 Samuel 22:2Rank 11 from verse 33
- Exodus 15:2Rank 12 from verse 33
2The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my saluation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation, my fathers God, and I wil exalt him.
- Zechariah 10:12Rank 13 from verse 33
- Psalms 101:6Rank 14 from verse 33
- Psalms 18:32Rank 15 from verse 33
- Deuteronomy 18:13Rank 16 from verse 33
- Psalms 101:2Rank 18 from verse 33
From verse 34
- Deuteronomy 32:13Rank 1 from verse 34
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eate the increase of the fields, and he made him to sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle out of the flintie rocke,
- Isaiah 58:14Rank 2 from verse 34
14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
14*Then shalt thou delight thy selfe in the LORD, and I will cause thee to ride vpon the high places of the earth, and feede thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Habakkuk 3:19Rank 3 from verse 34
19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
19*†The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hindes feet, and he will make me to walke vpon mine high places. To the chiefe singer on my stringed instruments.
- 2 Samuel 2:18Rank 4 from verse 34
- Isaiah 33:16Rank 5 from verse 34
- Deuteronomy 33:25Rank 6 from verse 34
From verse 35
- Psalms 144:1Rank 1 from verse 35
- Psalms 18:33–34Rank 2 from verse 35
33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
33Hee maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon my high places.
34He teacheth my hands to warre, so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.
- Ezekiel 39:3Rank 3 from verse 35
- Ezekiel 39:9–10Rank 4 from verse 35
9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
9‖‖And they that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall goe forth, and shall set on fire, and burne the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bowes and the arrowes, and the handstaues and the speares, and they shall burne them with fire seuen yeeres.
10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut downe any out of the forrests: for they shall burne the weapons with fire, and they shall spoile those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the LORD God.
- Psalms 46:9Rank 5 from verse 35
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2 Samuel 22:33
The one true God.
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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.
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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.
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2 Samuel 22:34
Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
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Female deer.
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Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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2 Samuel 22:35
Instructs or makes known by teaching.
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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.
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Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
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A hard metal used for weapons and strong bows.
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32For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
32For who is God, saue the LORD? and who is a rocke, saue our God?
33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
33God is my strength and power: and he †maketh my way perfect.
Selected passage34He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
34Hee †maketh my feet like hindes feet: and setteth mee vpon my high places.
Selected passage35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35He teacheth my hands †to warre: so that a bow of steele is broken by mine armes.
Selected passage36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36Thou hast also giuen mee the shield of thy saluation: and thy gentlenesse †hath made me great.