Psalms 89:43

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast also turned{H8686)} the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand{H8689)} in the battle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲרִימוֹתָ יְמִין צָרָיו הִשְׂמַחְתָּ כָּל־אוֹיְבָיו

Transliteration

You-hărîmôtā yᵉmîn ṣārāyw; you-hiśmaḥtā all-ʾôyᵉbāyw

Grammar Details

*hărîmôtā*: verb, hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have exalted
*yᵉmîn*: noun, feminine singular construct - right hand of
*ṣārāyw*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his adversaries
*hiśmaḥtā*: verb, hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have made rejoice
*kol-ʾôyᵉbāyw*: noun + noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all his enemies

Word Meanings

*hărîmôtā*: you have exalted/lifted up/raised
*yᵉmîn*: right hand/power
*ṣārāyw*: his adversaries/foes/enemies
*hiśmaḥtā*: you have made rejoice/gladdened
*ʾôyᵉbāyw*: his enemies/foes

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Num 14:42 : 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Josh 7:4-5 : 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Josh 7:8-9 : 8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? 10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn{H8686)} back from the enemy: and they which hate{H8764)} us spoil{H8804)} for themselves.
Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 89:38-42
5 verses
86%
38But thou hast cast off{H8804)} and abhorred{H8799)}, thou hast been wroth{H8694)} with thine anointed.
39Thou hast made void{H8765)} the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned{H8765)} his crown by casting it to the ground.
40Thou hast broken down{H8804)} all his hedges; thou hast brought{H8804)} his strong holds to ruin.
41All that pass by{H8802)} the way spoil{H8804)} him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42Thou hast set up{H8689)} the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies{H8802)} to rejoice{H8689)}.
Ps 89:44-45
2 verses
85%
44Thou hast made his glory to cease{H8689)}, and cast his throne down{H8765)} to the ground.
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened{H8689)}: thou hast covered{H8689)} him with shame. Selah.
Ps 18:39-40
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39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
2 Sam 22:40-41
2 verses
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40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Ps 44:9-10
2 verses
73%
9But thou hast cast off{H8804)}, and put us to shame{H8686)}; and goest not forth{H8799)} with our armies.
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Ps 89:13
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13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong{H8799)} is thy hand, and high{H8799)} is thy right hand.
Ps 89:22-23
2 verses
72%
22The enemy{H8802)} shall not exact{H8686)} upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict{H8762)} him.
23And I will beat down{H8804)} his foes before his face, and plague{H8799)} them that hate{H8764)} him.
Isa 49:2
72%
2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Ps 18:34-35
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34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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Ps 45:3
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3Gird{H8798)} thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Ps 45:5
71%
5Thine arrows are sharp{H8802)} in the heart of the king's enemies{H8802)}; whereby the people fall{H8799)} under thee.
Ps 21:12
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12Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
Lam 2:17
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17The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
Ps 89:17
71%
17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)}.
Ps 44:3
71%
3For they got not the land in possession{H8804)} by their own sword, neither did their own arm save{H8689)} them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour{H8804)} unto them.
Obad 1:14
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14Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
Ps 89:10
71%
10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces{H8765)}, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered{H8765)} thine enemies{H8802)} with thy strong arm.
Job 39:23
70%
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Ps 89:25
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25I will set{H8804)} his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
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5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ps 132:11
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11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Ps 44:6
70%
6For I will not trust{H8799)} in my bow, neither shall my sword save{H8686)} me.
Ps 18:43
70%
43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
2 Sam 22:35-36
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70%
35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2 Sam 22:44
70%
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
Ezek 39:3
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3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Ps 110:2
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2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Ps 89:33
69%
33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take{H8686)} from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail{H8762)}.
Job 41:26
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26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Ps 80:17
69%
17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong{H8765)} for thyself.
Lam 3:43
69%
43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Ps 21:6
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6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Job 41:28
69%
28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Ezek 32:28
69%
28Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
1 Sam 28:18
69%
18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
Ezek 21:11
69%
11And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.