2 Samuel 22:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:27 : 27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
Josh 10:24 : 24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Ps 18:40-41 : 40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: 9 who shall suffer punishment, [even] eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 18:37-40
4 verses
97%
37I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
2 Sam 22:38-40
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86%
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
2 Sam 22:48-49
2 verses
80%
48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,
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2 Sam 22:44
79%
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Ps 18:43
78%
43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Ps 139:21-22
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77%
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
2 Sam 22:18
77%
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Ps 41:10-11
2 verses
77%
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
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Ps 25:19
77%
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Ps 9:3
77%
3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Ps 18:47-48
2 verses
77%
47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
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Ps 27:2
76%
2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Ps 54:5
76%
5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
Ps 18:17
76%
17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.
Ps 89:42-43
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76%
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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Ps 118:7
76%
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Ps 143:12
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12And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.
Deut 32:41
76%
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Ps 3:7
75%
7Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Ps 69:4
75%
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Ps 21:12
75%
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Ps 21:8
75%
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Ps 31:15
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15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Ps 71:10
75%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Ps 118:13
75%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 18:35
75%
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Ps 118:10-11
2 verses
75%
10All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
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Ps 44:10
75%
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Ps 17:9
75%
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Ps 44:7
75%
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Ps 81:14
75%
14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
Ps 13:4
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Ps 38:19
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Ps 56:2
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Ps 59:10
74%
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Ps 109:20
74%
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Ps 89:23
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Ps 83:2
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2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.