For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
1 Samuel 2:4 - King James 2000 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are clothed with strength. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
For you have girded me with strength unto the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
He makes wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire.
There broke he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Without me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength.
For though you had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Because the plunderer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, everyone of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in war, turned to flight the armies of foreigners.