Psalms 18:31

King James Version

For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God?

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
For who is God except the Lord ? Who but our God is a solid rock?

English Revised Version
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, beside our God?

Update Bible Version
For who is God, save Yahweh? And who is a rock, besides our God,

New Century Version
Who is God? Only the Lord . Who is the Rock? Only our God.

New English Translation
Indeed, who is God besides the Lord ? Who is a protector besides our God?

Webster's Bible Translation
For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?

World English Bible
For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

Amplified Bible
For who is God, but the LORD? Or who is a rock, except our God,

English Standard Version
For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a rock, except our God?—

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi God, his weie is vndefoulid, the speches of the Lord ben examyned bi fier; he is defendere of alle men hopynge in hym.

Berean Standard Bible
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the rock except our God?

Contemporary English Version
You alone are God! Only you are a mighty rock.

American Standard Version
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

Bible in Basic English
For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

Complete Jewish Bible
"As for God, his way is perfect, the word of Adonai has been tested by fire; he shields all who take refuge in him.

Darby Translation
For who is +God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?

Easy-to-Read Version
There is no God except the Lord . There is no Rock except our God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
As for God, His way is perfect;

King James Version (1611)
For who is God saue the Lord? or who is a rocke saue our God?

New Life Bible
For Who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock except our God?

New Revised Standard
For who is God except the Lord ? And who is a rock besides our God?—

Geneva Bible (1587)
For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mightie saue our God?

George Lamsa Translation
For there is no God save the LORD; and there is no one who is mighty like our God.

Good News Translation
The Lord alone is God; God alone is our defense.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God?

Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-32) For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?

Revised Standard Version
For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? --

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For who is a Lorde besides God: or who hath any strength besides our Lorde?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?

Christian Standard Bible®
For who is God besides the Lord?And who is a rock? Only our God.

Hebrew Names Version
For who is God, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,

Lexham English Bible
For who is God apart from Yahweh, and who is a rock except our God?

Literal Translation
For who is God besides Jehovah? Or who is a Rock except our God?

Young's Literal Translation
For who [is] God besides Jehovah? And who [is] a rock save our God?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For who is God, but the LORDE? Or, who hath eny strength, but oure God?

THE MESSAGE
Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you hold me up with a firm hand, caress me with your gentle ways. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight, you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter.

New American Standard Bible
For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God,

New King James Version
For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a rock, except our God,

Legacy Standard Bible
For who is God, but Yahweh?And who is a rock, except our God,

Contextual Overview

²⁹ For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. ³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. ³¹ For who is God save the Lord ? or who is a rock save our God? ³² It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. ³³ He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. ³⁴ He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. ³⁵ Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. ³⁶ Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. ³⁷ I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. ³⁸ I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 86:8, Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 22:32, Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 45:21, Isaiah 45:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - Lord Deuteronomy 32:4 - the Rock Judges 15:18 - Thou hast given 1 Chronicles 29:12 - give strength Psalms 62:6 - rock Psalms 144:1 - my strength Isaiah 30:29 - mighty One Isaiah 44:8 - no God

Cross-References

Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Genesis 18:22
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord .

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord , which am but dust and ashes:

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Luke 11:8
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Ephesians 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For who [is] God save the Lord?.... Or Jehovah: there is but one God, and Jehovah is he; there is none besides him, nor any like him: there are many that are called gods, nominal deities, who are not by nature gods; fictitious ones, the idols of the Gentiles, made of gold, silver, brass, wood, and stone; but there is but one true God: there are gods, in an improper sense, as civil magistrates; but there is none really and truly so but the Lord; which is to be understood, not of Jehovah the Father, to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit; for the Son is Jehovah, and the Spirit is Jehovah; both are so called, as well as the Father, and all three one God;

or who [is] a rock save our God? to have recourse to for shelter and protection; or to trust to, and build upon, for eternal life and salvation. False gods are rocks; but not like ours, our enemies themselves being judges, Deuteronomy 32:31; so Apollo at Delphos is called the Delphian rock n: the words seem to be taken from, or at least there is in them a reference to, 1 Samuel 2:2.

n δελφις πετρα, Sophoclis Oedipus, v. 472.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For who is God save the Lord? - Who is God except Yahweh? The idea is, that no other being has evinced the power, the wisdom, and the goodness which properly belong to the true God; or, that the things which are implied in the true nature of God are found in no other being.

Or who is a rock save our God? - See Psalms 18:2. There is no one who can furnish such safety or defense; no one under whose protection we can be secure in danger. Compare Deuteronomy 32:31.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:31. For who is God save the Lord? — "For who is Eloah, except Jehovah?" None is worthy of adoration but the self-existent, eternal, infinitely perfect, and all-merciful Being.

Or who is a rock — A fountain emitting continual supplies of grace and goodness.