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Psalms 18:34

Context
NETBible

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

NIV ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

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

NASB ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

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

NLT ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

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

MSG ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

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

BBE ©

SABDAweb Psa 18:34

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

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Psa 18:34

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

NKJV ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

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

[+] More English

KJV
He teacheth
<03925> (8764)
my hands
<03027>
to war
<04421>_,
so that a bow
<07198>
of steel
<05154>
is broken
<05181> (8765)
by mine arms
<02220>_.
NASB ©

biblegateway Psa 18:34

He trains
<03925>
my hands
<03027>
for battle
<04421>
, So that my arms
<02220>
can bend
<05181>
a bow
<07198>
of bronze
<05154>
.
LXXM
(17:35) didaskwn
<1321
V-PAPNS
ceirav
<5495
N-APF
mou
<1473
P-GS
eiv
<1519
PREP
polemon
<4171
N-ASM
kai
<2532
CONJ
eyou
<5087
V-AMI-2S
toxon
<5115
N-ASN
calkoun {A-ASN} touv
<3588
T-APM
bracionav
<1023
N-APM
mou
<1473
P-GS
NET [draft] ITL
He trains
<03925>
my hands
<03027>
for battle
<04421>
; my arms
<02220>
can bend
<05181>
even the strongest
<05154>
bow
<07198>
.
HEBREW
ytewrz
<02220>
hswxn
<05154>
tsq
<07198>
htxnw
<05181>
hmxlml
<04421>
ydy
<03027>
dmlm
<03925>
(18:34)
<18:35>

NETBible

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

NET Notes

sn He trains my hands. The psalmist attributes his skill with weapons to divine enablement. Egyptian reliefs picture gods teaching the king how to shoot a bow. See O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 265.

tn Heb “and a bow of bronze is bent by my arms”; or “my arms bend a bow of bronze.” The verb נָחַת (nakhat) apparently means “pull back, bend” here (see HALOT 692 s.v. נחת). The third feminine singular verbal form appears to agree with the feminine singular noun קֶשֶׁת (qeshet, “bow”). In this case the verb must be taken as Niphal (passive). However, it is possible that “my arms” is the subject of the verb and “bow” the object. In this case the verb is Piel (active). For other examples of a feminine singular verb being construed with a plural noun, see GKC 464 §145.k.

sn The strongest bow (Heb “bow of bronze”) probably refers to a bow laminated with bronze strips, or to 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.




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