2 Samuel 22:35

NETBible

He trains 1  my hands for battle; 2  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. 3 

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

He prepares me for battle; he strengthens me to draw a bow of bronze.

MSG ©

He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow!

BBE ©

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

NRSV ©

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

NKJV ©

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

KJV
He teacheth
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my hands
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to war
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so that a bow
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of steel
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is broken
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by mine arms
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{to war: Heb. for the war}
NASB ©
"He trains
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my hands
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for battle
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, So that my arms
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can bend
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a bow
<7198>
of bronze
<5154>
.
LXXM
didaskwn
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V-PAPNS
ceirav
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N-APF
mou
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P-GS
eiv
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PREP
polemon
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N-ASM
kai
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CONJ
kataxav {V-AAPNS} toxon
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N-ASN
calkoun {A-ASN} en
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PREP
bracioni
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N-DSM
mou
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P-GS
NET [draft] ITL
He trains
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my hands
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for battle
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; my arms
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can bend
<05181>
even the strongest
<05154>
bow
<07198>
.
HEBREW
yterz
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hswxn
<05154>
tsq
<07198>
txnw
<05181>
hmxlml
<04421>
ydy
<03027>
dmlm (22:35)
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NETBible

He trains 1  my hands for battle; 2  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “teaches.”

2 tn The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enabling. Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

3 tn Heb “and a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.” The verb נָחֵת (nakhet) apparently means “to pull back; to bend” here (see HALOT 692 s.v. נחת). The bronze bow referred to here was probably laminated with bronze strips, or a purely ceremonial or decorative bow made entirely from bronze. In the latter case the language is hyperbolic, for such a weapon would not be functional in battle.