2 Samuel 22:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהוָ֛ה סַֽלְעִ֥י וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י וּמְפַלְטִי־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

And ʾāmar: YHWH salʿî and meṣudātî and mepalṭî-to me.

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: Qal imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *salʿî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my rock
• *meṣudātî*: feminine noun with 1cs suffix - my fortress/stronghold
• *mepalṭî*: masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my deliverer

Word Meanings

• *salʿî*: my rock, cliff, crag
• *meṣudātî*: my fortress, stronghold, castle
• *mepalṭî*: my deliverer, rescuer, one who causes escape

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he said, The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and he said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} is my rock,{H5553} and my fortress,{H4686} and my deliverer,{H6403} even mine;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} is my rock{H5553}, and my fortress{H4686}, and my deliverer{H6403}{(H8764)};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and he sayde. The LORDE is my stony rock, & my castell, and my delyuerer.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayd, The Lord is my rocke and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth mee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he saide: The Lorde is my rocke, and my castell, and my delyuerer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and he said, Yahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he saith: `Jehovah `is' my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

• World English Bible (2000)

  and he said, "Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said:“The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 31:3 : 3 Turn your ear to me; come quickly to rescue me. Be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
• Ps 71:3 : 3 Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I can always come; you have commanded to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
• Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
• Ps 144:2 : 2 He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Ps 18:2-9 : 2 He said, "I love You, LORD, my strength." 3 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 4 I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I was saved from my enemies. 5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me. 7 In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry. 9 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; burning coals blazed forth from Him. 10 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet. 11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies. 13 Out of the brightness of His presence, His clouds advanced, with hailstones and burning coals of fire. 14 The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High uttered His voice, with hailstones and burning coals. 15 He shot His arrows and scattered His enemies; with great bolts of lightning, He threw them into confusion. 16 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of breath from Your nostrils. 17 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. 18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support. 20 He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me. 21 The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 All His judgments are before me, and I have not turned away from His statutes. 24 I was blameless before Him and kept myself from my iniquity. 25 So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. 26 To the faithful You show Yourself faithful; to the blameless You show Yourself blameless. 27 To the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. 28 You save a humble people, but You bring low those whose eyes are haughty. 29 You light my lamp, LORD my God; You illuminate my darkness. 30 With You I can run against a troop, and with my God I can leap over a wall. 31 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. 32 For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the rock except our God? 33 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 34 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; He causes me to stand on the heights. 35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36 You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness has made me great. 37 You widen the path beneath me, so my feet do not slip. 38 I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are destroyed. 39 I crush them, and they cannot rise; they fall beneath my feet. 40 You arm me with strength for battle; You humble my adversaries beneath me. 41 You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me. 42 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—to the LORD, but He does not answer. 43 I grind them as fine as dust before the wind; I pour them out like mud in the streets. 44 You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me. 45 At the mere hearing of my voice, they obey me; foreigners submit to me grudgingly. 46 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling out of their strongholds. 47 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Exalted be the God of my salvation! 48 The God who avenges me and subdues peoples under me, 49 who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above those who rise against me; You rescue me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will praise You, LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 'There is no one holy like the LORD, for there is no one besides You; there is no Rock like our God.'
• Ps 42:9 : 9 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
• Matt 16:18 : 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.