You have armed me with strength for battle. You have bent the knees of those who rose up against me.
1 Samuel 2:4 - Y'all Version Bible “The bows of the mighty are shattered. Those who stumbled are armed 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. |
You have armed me with strength for battle. You have bent the knees of those who rose up against me.
Their swords will enter into their own heart. Their bows will be broken.
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but YHWH upholds the righteous.
“Y’all need to relax and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
Hᴇ stops wars to the end of the earth. Hᴇ breaks the bow and shatters the spear. Hᴇ burns the chariots with the fire.
There ʜᴇ broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
Nothing will remain but to bow down with the prisoners, and fall among the slain. For all this ʜɪꜱ anger is not turned away, but ʜɪꜱ hand is still stretched out.
He gives strength to those who are tired. He increases the power of the powerless.
For even if y’all strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans who fight against y’all, and only wounded men were left among them, they would get up from their tent and burn this city with fire.’”
For the destroyer has come against her, against Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for YHWH is a God of retribution. Hᴇ will repay-repay.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will gladly boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Y’all stand firm then, fastening the belt of truth around your* waist, putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
What more should I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets—
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong in weakness, grew mighty in war, and put foreign armies to flight.