2 Samuel 22:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.

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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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💎 Distinctive Features

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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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

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

Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Prov 1:28 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luke 13:25-26 : 25 When once {G302} the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, {G2962} open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are; 26 then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;
Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Ezek 20:3 : 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 18:41-42
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93%
41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Isa 63:5
76%
5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
Isa 41:28
76%
28And when I look, there is no man: even among them there is no counsellor, that, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
Ps 142:4
75%
4Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.
Ps 20:9
74%
9Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
Isa 59:16
73%
16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
Job 30:20
73%
20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Job 35:12
73%
12There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
Mic 3:4
73%
4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Ps 107:12-13
2 verses
73%
12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.
13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
Ps 34:6
72%
6This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 22:1-2
2 verses
72%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 120:1
72%
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
Isa 45:22
72%
22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Lam 4:17
72%
17Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
2 Sam 22:43
72%
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
Ps 35:22
72%
22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ps 71:11
72%
11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
Ps 69:20
72%
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
Prov 1:28
72%
28Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
Ps 22:5
71%
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
Ps 108:6
71%
6That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.
Ps 109:26
71%
26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
2 Sam 22:32
71%
32For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
Ps 37:40
71%
40And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Ps 22:11
71%
11Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
2 Sam 22:41
71%
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 22:24
71%
24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Lam 1:21
71%
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
Job 32:12
71%
12Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that convinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you.
Job 32:16
71%
16And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
Ps 22:19
71%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 107:19
71%
19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.
Judg 12:2
71%
2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.
Ps 59:4
71%
4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
Ps 3:2
71%
2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
Isa 46:7
70%
7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Ps 55:16
70%
16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
Isa 50:2
70%
2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
1 Sam 14:39
70%
39For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
Jer 11:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.
12Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry unto the gods unto which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Isa 42:22
70%
22But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison - houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
2 Chr 20:12
70%
12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Ps 27:7
70%
7Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Hab 1:2
70%
2O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
Deut 32:37
70%
37And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;