KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 22:33–37
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2 Samuel 22:33
33God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
33God is my strength and power: and he †maketh my way perfect.
- Hebr. riddeth, or, looseth.
2 Samuel 22:34
34He 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.
- Heb. equalleth.
2 Samuel 22:35
35He 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.
- Hebr. for the warre.
2 Samuel 22:36
36Thou 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.
- Hebr. multiplied me.
2 Samuel 22:37
37Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
37Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me: so that my †feet did not slip.
- Hebr. ancles.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:33
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)
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Ability, strength, authority, dominion, or the right and capacity to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
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)
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2 Samuel 22:34
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Female deer.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Locations, positions, rooms, occasions, offices, or passages, according to context.
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2 Samuel 22:35
Instructs or makes known by teaching.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Armed conflict; as a verb, to fight or contend.
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An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The strong metal of a bow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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2 Samuel 22:36
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
gentleness
Softness of manners; mildness of temper; sweetness of disposition; meekness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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2 Samuel 22:37
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Increased in bulk; extended in dimension; expanded; dilated; augmented; released from confinement or straits.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To lose firm footing or move out of a secure place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 33
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Open the full verse study10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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Open the full verse study10¶ 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.
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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 study7The 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.
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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 study21Make 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.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study3For 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.
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Open the full verse study1GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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Open the full verse study2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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Open the full verse study2The 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.
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Open the full verse study12And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
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Open the full verse study32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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Open the full verse study13Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
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Open the full verse study3Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
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Open the full verse study2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
From verse 34
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Open the full verse study13He 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;
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Open the full verse study14Then 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.
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Open the full verse study19The 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.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
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Open the full verse study16He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
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Open the full verse study25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
From verse 35
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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Open the full verse study33He 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.
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Open the full verse study3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
From verse 36
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Open the full verse study16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study14The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
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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 study35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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Open the full verse study2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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Open the full verse study1AFTER these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
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Open the full verse study17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
From verse 37
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Open the full verse study12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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Open the full verse study5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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Open the full verse study9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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Open the full verse study3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
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Open the full verse study36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
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Open the full verse study18When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
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