Psalms 18:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

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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.
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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

Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Mal 4:3 : 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Isa 25:10 : 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Isa 41:2 : 2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Isa 41:15-16 : 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

2 Sam 22:38-45
8 verses
93%
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.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
42They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
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.
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.
45The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
Ps 18:43-44
2 verses
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.
44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Ps 18:37-41
5 verses
78%
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.
41They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not.
Ezek 36:19
74%
19and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Hab 3:14
74%
14Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Ps 118:10-12
3 verses
73%
10All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Isa 41:15-16
2 verses
73%
15Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
16Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Job 30:19
73%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Isa 41:2
73%
2Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Job 21:18
73%
18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Ps 83:13
73%
13O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
Deut 32:26
72%
26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Zech 7:14
72%
14but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Jer 18:17
72%
17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Jer 13:24
72%
24Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
Ps 2:9
72%
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Exod 15:7
72%
7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
Jer 15:7
72%
7And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved [them] of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.
Isa 17:13
72%
13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Ps 83:9
71%
9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Isa 63:6
71%
6And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
Job 40:13
71%
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Jer 18:21-22
2 verses
71%
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Job 30:14
71%
14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].
Ps 73:18
71%
18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
Ezek 16:40
70%
40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
Isa 25:12
70%
12And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Jer 9:16
70%
16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.
Isa 3:15
70%
15what mean ye that ye crush my people, {H1792} and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Ezek 21:31
70%
31And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.
Zech 10:5
70%
5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Ezek 22:31
70%
31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Exod 15:10
70%
10Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: They sank as lead in the mighty waters.