2 Samuel 22:43

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and trampled them like mud in the streets.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then did I beat{H7833} them small as the dust{H6083} of the earth,{H776} I did crush{H1854} them as the mire{H2916} of the streets,{H2351} and did spread them abroad.{H7554}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then did I beat{H7833}{(H8799)} them as small as the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776}, I did stamp{H1854}{(H8686)} them as the mire{H2916} of the street{H2351}, and did spread them abroad{H7554}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wil beate them as small as the dust of the earth: euen as ye claye of the stretes wil I make them thynne, and sprede them out abrode.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth: I did treade them flat as the clay of the streete, and did spread them abroad.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth: I did stampe them as the clay of the streate, and did spreade them abrode.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Then 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small -- I spread them out!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Then 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 7:10 : 10 Then my enemy will see, and shame will cover her who said to me, 'Where is the LORD your God?' My eyes will look upon her; now she will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
  • 2 Kgs 13:7 : 7 Nothing was left for Jehoahaz's army except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust to be trampled.
  • Zech 10:5 : 5 They will be like mighty warriors, trampling through the mire of the streets in battle. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses will be put to shame.
  • Luke 21:24 : 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
  • Zech 2:6 : 6 I asked, 'Where are you going?' And he replied, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.'
  • Ps 18:42 : 42 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—to the LORD, but He does not answer.
  • Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, as the angel of the Lord drives them away.
  • Isa 26:15 : 15 You have increased the nation, LORD; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.
  • Dan 2:35 : 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were all crushed together and became like chaff from a summer threshing floor. The wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
  • Deut 32:26 : 26 I said I would scatter them and erase their memory from mankind,

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