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Psalms 18:40
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You have made my enemies retreat before me;I annihilate those who hate me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
You made my enemies turn back, and I destroyed those who hated me.
You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me [in defeat], And I silenced and destroyed those who hated me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those who hate me.
And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,And I destroyed those who hated me.
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
You made my enemies run, and I killed them.
"For you braced me with strength for the battle and bent down my adversaries beneath me.
And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, and those that hated me I destroyed.
Thou hast also defeated my enemies before me, that I might silence them that hate me.
You make my enemies run from me; I destroy those who hate me.
And you made my enemies turn their backs, then I destroyed those who hated me.
And you have given me the neck of my enemies that I might cut off those hating me.
Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpon me, thou hast destroyed the yt hated me.
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.
For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Thou hast also giuen mee the neckes of mine enemies: that I might destroy them that hate me.
Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me.
And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, that I might cut off them that hate me.
And thou hast gird me with vertu to batel; and thou hast `supplauntid, ether disseyued, vndur me men risynge ayens me.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, That I might cut off those that hate me.
Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me.
You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.
You have made them turn their backs to me also. And I destroyed those who hated me.
You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.
(17-41) And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
Thou didst make my enemies turn their backs to me, and those who hated me I destroyed.
As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.
You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me.
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Reciprocal: Genesis 49:8 - thy hand Exodus 23:27 - backs Joshua 10:24 - put your feet Judges 9:7 - Hearken 2 Samuel 22:41 - necks 1 Chronicles 17:10 - Moreover Job 15:26 - even on Psalms 18:17 - them Psalms 107:12 - and there Acts 2:35 - thy foes
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies,.... Either to slay them, or to trample or put a yoke upon them; or rather the sense is, thou hast made them to fly before me, to turn their necks or backs unto me, as the word is used in Joshua 7:8; and it is expressive of an utter rout and vanquishing of them;
that I might destroy them that hate me; they not being able to face him and stand against him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies - Their necks to tread upon, as the result of victory; or their necks to be subject to me, as the neck of the ox is to his owner. The phrase is sometimes used in this latter sense to denote subjection (compare Jeremiah 27:12); but it is more commonly, when applied to war, used in the former sense, as denoting complete triumph or conquest. It was not uncommon to trample on the necks of those who were overcome in battle. See Joshua 10:24; Ezekiel 21:2; Genesis 49:8. The word used here - ערף ‛ôreph - means properly neck, nape, the back of the neck; and hence, to give the neck means sometimes to turn the back, as in flight; and the phrase would admit of that meaning here. So Gesenius (Lexicon) understands it. So also DeWette: “Thou turnest my enemies to flight.” It seems to me, however, that the more probable interpretation is that of complete subjection - as when the conqueror places his foot on the necks of his foes. This is confirmed by the next member of the sentence, where the psalmist speaks of the complete destruction of those who hated him.
That I might destroy them that hate me - That have pursued and persecuted me in this manner. The idea is that of utterly overcoming them; of putting an end to their power, and to their ability to injure him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 18:40. The necks of mine enemies — Thou hast made me a complete conqueror. Treading on the neck of an enemy was the triumph of the conqueror, and the utmost disgrace of the vanquished.
