2 Samuel 22:34

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He makes my feet like the feet of a deerand sets me securely on the heights.

Hebrew Names Version
He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], Sets me on my high places.

King James Version
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.

Lexham English Bible
He makes my feet like a doe deer, and on my high places he has set me.

English Standard Version
He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.

New Century Version
He makes me like a deer that does not stumble; he helps me stand on the steep mountains.

New English Translation
He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain.

Amplified Bible
"He makes my feet like the doe's feet [firm and swift]; He sets me [secure and confident] on my high places.

New American Standard Bible
"He makes my feet like deer's feet, And sets me on my high places.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He maketh my feete like hindes feete, & hath set me vpon mine hie places.

Legacy Standard Bible
He makes my feet like hinds' feet,And sets me on my high places.

Contemporary English Version
You make my feet run as fast as those of a deer, and you help me stand on the mountains.

Complete Jewish Bible
He makes me swift and sure-footed as a deer and enables me to stand on my high places.

Darby Translation
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And setteth me upon my high places.

Easy-to-Read Version
He makes my feet as steady as those of a deer. Even on steep mountains he keeps me from falling.

George Lamsa Translation
He makes my feet like harts feet, and makes me stand upon my high places.

Good News Translation
He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.

Literal Translation
making my feet like hinds' feet , even causing me to stand on my high places;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He hath made my fete like hartes fete, & hath set me vp an hye.

American Standard Version
He maketh his feet like hinds' feet, And setteth me upon my high places.

Bible in Basic English
He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He maketh my feete lyke hyndes feete: and setteth me vpon my hie places.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who maketh my feet like hinds', and setteth me upon my high places;

King James Version (1611)
Hee maketh my feet like hindes feet: and setteth mee vpon my high places.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He makes my feet like hart’s feet, and sets me upon the high places.

English Revised Version
He maketh his feet like hinds’ [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

Berean Standard Bible
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he made euene my feet with hertis, and settide me on myn hiye thingis;

Young's Literal Translation
Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,

Update Bible Version
He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], And sets me on my high places.

Webster's Bible Translation
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places.

World English Bible
He makes his feet like hinds' [feet], Sets me on my high places.

New King James Version
He makes my Psalms 18:33); Kethib reads His.">[fn] feet like the feet of deer,And sets me on my high places.

New Living Translation
He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.

New Life Bible
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. He sets me safe on high places.

New Revised Standard
He made my feet like the feet of deer, and set me secure on the heights.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Planting my feet like the hinds', - yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places.

Revised Standard Version
He made my feet like hinds' feet, and set me secure on the heights.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places.

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

maketh: Heb. equalleth to

like hinds': 2 Samuel 2:18, Deuteronomy 33:25, Habakkuk 3:19

setteth: Deuteronomy 32:13, Isaiah 33:16, Isaiah 58:14

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:9 - And I was

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places. :-.