2 Samuel 22:40 · KJV
“For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}”
— 2 Samuel 22:40
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
2 Samuel 22 — Context
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42They looked, but {there was} none to save; {even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Cross References
Psalms 44:5
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Isaiah 60:14
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 18:32
{It is} God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Psalms 18:39
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}
1 Samuel 17:49-51
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang {it}, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Isaiah 45:5
I {am} the LORD, and {there is} none else, {there is} no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Psalms 144:2
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and {he} in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. {My goodness: or, My mercy}