2 Samuel 22:15

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He shot arrows and scattered them;he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Hebrew Names Version
He sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them.

King James Version
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

Lexham English Bible
He sent arrows and he scattered them, lightning, and he directed them.

English Standard Version
And he sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

New Century Version
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies. His bolts of lightning confused them with fear.

New English Translation
He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

Amplified Bible
"He sent out arrows and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them.

New American Standard Bible
"And He shot arrows and scattered them, Lightning, and routed them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He shot arrowes also, and scattered them: to wit, lightning, and destroyed them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,Lightning, and threw them into confusion.

Contemporary English Version
You scattered your enemies with arrows of lightning.

Complete Jewish Bible
He sent out arrows and scattered them; with lightning he routed them.

Darby Translation
And he sent arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; Lightning, and discomfited them.

Easy-to-Read Version
He scattered the enemy with his arrows— the lightning bolts that threw them into confusion.

George Lamsa Translation
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he increased his lightning and discomfited them.

Good News Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

Literal Translation
And He sent forth arrows and scattered them; lightning, and troubled them;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He shot his arowes, and scatered them: he lightened, and discomfited them.

American Standard Version
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.

Bible in Basic English
And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shot arrowes, and scattered them: [to wit] lyghtning, & ouerthrew them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

King James Version (1611)
And he sent out arrowes, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.

English Revised Version
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

Berean Standard Bible
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He sente hise arowis, and scateride hem; he sente leitis, and wastide hem.

Young's Literal Translation
And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;

Update Bible Version
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

World English Bible
He sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and confused them.

New King James Version
He sent out arrows and scattered them; Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.

New Living Translation
He shot arrows and scattered his enemies; his lightning flashed, and they were confused.

New Life Bible
He sent out arrows, and made them run. He sent lightning, and made them troubled and afraid.

New Revised Standard
He sent out arrows, and scattered them —lightning, and routed them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, - lightning, and confused them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shot arrows and scattered them: lightning, and consumed them.

Revised Standard Version
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and routed them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and routed them.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, 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 touch me and I feel ten feet tall. 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. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arrows: Deuteronomy 32:23, Joshua 10:10, Psalms 7:12, Psalms 7:13, Psalms 18:14, Psalms 45:5, Psalms 144:6, Psalms 144:7, Habakkuk 3:11

Reciprocal: Job 37:5 - thundereth Psalms 77:17 - thine Joel 2:11 - utter

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. :-.