And You gird me with strength for battle; Cause my adversaries to bow under me.
1 Samuel 2:4 - The Scriptures 2009 “Bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumble shall be girded with strength. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The bows of the mighty men are broken, And they that stumbled are girded with strength. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength. American Standard Version (1901) The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength. Common English Bible The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, but those who were stumbling now dress themselves in power! Catholic Public Domain Version The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The bow of the mighty is overcome: and the weak are girt with strength. |
And You gird me with strength for battle; Cause my adversaries to bow under me.
For the arms of the wrongdoers are broken, But יהוה sustains the righteous.
Be still, and know that I am Elohim; I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth!
Causing all fighting to cease, Unto the end of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the chariot with fire.
There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and the sword and the battle-axe. Selah.
“Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and fall among the killed.” With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.
He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might He increases strength.
For though you had stricken the entire army of the Kasdim who are fighting against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would get up, each man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”
because the ravager shall come against her, against Baḇel, and her mighty men shall be captured. Every one of their bows shall be broken, for יהוה is the Ěl of recompense, He shall certainly repay.
And He said to me, “My favour is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, then, I shall rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Messiah rests on me.
Stand, then, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to relate of Gid‛on and Baraq and Shimshon and Yiphtaḥ, also of Dawiḏ and Shemu’ĕl and the prophets,
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight.