2 Samuel 22:35
New International Version
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New Living Translation
He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

English Standard Version
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Berean Standard Bible
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

King James Bible
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

New King James Version
He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New American Standard Bible
“He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

NASB 1995
“He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

NASB 1977
“He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Legacy Standard Bible
He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Amplified Bible
“He trains my hands for war, So that my arms can bend (pull back) a bow of bronze.

Christian Standard Bible
He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He trains my hands for war; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

American Standard Version
He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For he teaches my hands for war and he strengthens my arms like a bow of brass!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.

Contemporary English Version
You teach my hands to fight and my arms to use a bow of bronze.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

English Revised Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He trains my hands for battle so that my arms can bend an [archer's] bow of bronze.

Good News Translation
He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

International Standard Version
He has trained my hands for battle readiness— I can bend a bow made out of bronze.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Who traineth my hands for war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Literal Standard Version
Teaching my hands for battle, | And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,

Majority Standard Bible
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New American Bible
Who trained my hands for war, my arms to bend even a bow of bronze.

NET Bible
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

New Revised Standard Version
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

New Heart English Bible
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

Webster's Bible Translation
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

World English Bible
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

Young's Literal Translation
Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,

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Context
David's Song of Deliverance
34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. 35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 17:45
But David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Job 20:24
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Psalm 18:34
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.


Treasury of Scripture

He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.

teacheth

Psalm 18:33,34
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places…

Psalm 144:1
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

to war [heb] for the war

Psalm 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Ezekiel 39:3,9,10
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand…

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2 Samuel 22
1. David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings














Verses 35-37. -

"He teaeheth my hands to war;
And mine arms can bend a bow of bronze.
And thou hast given me thy saving shield;
And thy hearing of me hath made me great.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me;
And my feet have not slipped."
Bow of bronze. In Job 20:24 we also read of bows made of this metal, or compound of metals, which was a far more ancient material for weapons than steel. The bending of such a bow was proof of great strength, and the last artifice of Penelope, to save herself from the suitors, was to promise her hand to the man who could bend Ulysses' bow. Thy hearing of me; in Psalm 18:35, and Authorized Version and Revised Version here, "thy gentleness." The words in the Hebrew are very nearly alike, but the Septuagint notices the difference, and translates "hearing" in this place, but "chastisement" in the psalm. The Vulgate has "gentleness" or "mildness" here, and "discipline" in the psalm. The Syriac alone has "discipline" in both places. My feet; literally, ankle bones, the weakness of which causes men to totter.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He trains
מְלַמֵּ֥ד (mə·lam·mêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn

my hands
יָדַ֖י (yā·ḏay)
Noun - fdc | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

for battle;
לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (lam·mil·ḥā·māh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

my arms
זְרֹעֹתָֽי׃ (zə·rō·‘ō·ṯāy)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

can bend
וְנִחַ֥ת (wə·ni·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5181: To sink, descend, to press, lead down

a bow
קֶֽשֶׁת־ (qe·šeṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

of bronze.
נְחוּשָׁ֖ה (nə·ḥū·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5154: Copper, bronze


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