Psalms 18:38
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.”
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“I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 18:38 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
- 1 Samuel 17:49Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- 1 Samuel 23:5Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 30:17And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 10:1Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
- 2 Samuel 18:7There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 21:15Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
- 2 Samuel 22:39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
- Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Psalms 36:12There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.
- Psalms 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
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