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2 Samuel 22:33

God is my strong fortress. He clears the path I need to take.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Strength;   Weakness-Power;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   God;   Greatness;   Power;   Salvation;   Strength;   Stumbling/slipping;   Teaching;   War/weapons;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Guide;   Make;   Perfect;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God is my strong refuge;he makes my way perfect.
Hebrew Names Version
God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way.
King James Version
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Lexham English Bible
God is my strong refuge, he has fully opened my way.
English Standard Version
This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless.
New Century Version
God is my protection. He makes my way free from fault.
New English Translation
The one true God is my mighty refuge; he removes the obstacles in my way.
Amplified Bible
"God is my strong fortress; He sets the blameless in His way.
New American Standard Bible
"God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless on His way.
Geneva Bible (1587)
God is my strength in battel, and maketh my way vpright.
Legacy Standard Bible
God is my strong fortress;And He sets the blameless in His way.
Contemporary English Version
You are my strong fortress, and you set me free.
Complete Jewish Bible
"God is my strength and protection; he makes my way go straight.
Darby Translation
God is my strong fortress, And he maketh my way perfectly smooth.
George Lamsa Translation
The God who has girded me with strength makes my way perfect.
Good News Translation
This God is my strong refuge; he makes my pathway safe.
Literal Translation
God is my strong fortress; and He sets the blameless free in his way,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
God hath stregthed me with power, and made playne a perfecte waye for me.
American Standard Version
God is my strong fortress; And he guideth the perfect in his way.
Bible in Basic English
God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God strengthneth me in battaile: & ryddeth the way cleare before me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The God who is my strong fortress, and who letteth my way go forth straight;
King James Version (1611)
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
It is the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
English Revised Version
God is my strong fortress: and he guideth the perfect in his way.
Berean Standard Bible
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way blameless.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, that hath gird me with strengthe, and hath maad pleyn my perfit weie;
Young's Literal Translation
God -- my bulwark, [my] strength, And He maketh perfect my way;
Update Bible Version
God is my strong fortress; And he opened up perfectly my way.
Webster's Bible Translation
God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect.
World English Bible
God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way.
New King James Version
God is my strength and power, Psalms 18:32); Targum reads It is God who sustains me with strength. ">[fn] And He makes my Psalms 18:32); Kethib reads His.">[fn] way perfect.
New Living Translation
God is my strong fortress, and he makes my way perfect.
New Life Bible
God is my strong place. He has made my way safe.
New Revised Standard
The God who has girded me with strength has opened wide my path.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
GOD, is my fortress of strength, - and shewed to the blameless his way;
Douay-Rheims Bible
God who hath girded me with strength, and made my way perfect.
Revised Standard Version
This God is my strong refuge, and has made my way safe.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way.

Contextual Overview

2 The Lord is my Rock, my fortress, my place of safety. 3 He is my God, the Rock I run to for protection. He is my shield; by his power I am saved. He is my hiding place, my place of safety, high in the hills. He is my savior, the one who rescues me from the cruel enemy. 4 I called to the Lord for help, and he saved me from my enemies. He is worthy of my praise! 5 Waves of death were crashing around me. A deadly flood was carrying me away. 6 The ropes of the grave wrapped around me. Death set its trap right there in front of me. 7 In my trouble I called to the Lord . Yes, I cried out to my God for help. There in his temple he heard my voice. He heard my cry for help. 8 The earth shook and shivered. The foundations of heaven trembled. They shook because he was angry! 9 Smoke came from his nose. Burning flames came from his mouth. Red-hot coals fell from him. 10 He tore open the sky and came down. He stood on a thick, dark cloud. 11 He flew across the sky, riding on a Cherub angel, gliding on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

strength: Exodus 15:2, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 31:4, Psalms 46:1, Isaiah 41:10, Zechariah 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13

maketh: Heb. riddeth, or looseth

my way: Hebrews 13:21

perfect: Deuteronomy 18:13, Job 22:3, Psalms 101:2, Psalms 101:6, Psalms 119:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:45 - in the name

Gill's Notes on the Bible

God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect. :-.


 
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