2 Samuel 22:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֥י מִי־אֵ֖ל מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֖וּר מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

For who-ʾēl besides YHWH? And who ṣûr besides ʾĕlōhênû?

Grammar Details

• *ʾēl*: masculine noun - God
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *ṣûr*: masculine noun - rock
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun with 1cp suffix - our God

Word Meanings

• *ʾēl*: God, deity, mighty one
• *ṣûr*: rock, cliff, strength

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• 2 Sam 22:2-3 : 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• Isa 45:5-6 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
• Jer 10:6-7 : 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
• Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.