2 Samuel 22:32

THE MESSAGE

Is 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.

Parallel Translations

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, save the LORD? Who is a rock, save our God?

King James Version
For who is God, save the Lord ? and who is a rock, save our God?

Lexham English Bible
For who is God apart from Yahweh? And who is a rock apart from our God?

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

Amplified Bible
"For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God?

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

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
For who is God but Adonai , and who is a Rock but our God?

Darby Translation
For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

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

George Lamsa Translation
For there is no God except the LORD. And there is no one who is mighty but our God.

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

Literal Translation
For who is God except Jehovah? And who is a rock except our God?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For where is there a God, excepte ye LORDE? Or who hath eny strength without oure God?

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

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For who is a God saue the Lord? and who is mightie saue our God?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a Rock, save our God?

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Who is strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For who is God, outakun the Lord; and who is strong, outakun oure God?

Young's Literal Translation
For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Revised Standard
For who is God, but the Lord ? And who is a rock, except our God?

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who is God but the Lord: and who is strong but our God?

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God?

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

For who: Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:39, 1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:8, Isaiah 45:5, Isaiah 45:6, Isaiah 45:21, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7, Jeremiah 10:16

a rock: 2 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 22:3

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:4 - the Rock 2 Samuel 23:3 - the Rock Psalms 18:31 - General Luke 6:48 - rock

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For who [is] God, save the Lord? and who [is] a rock, save our God?] :-.