Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Then I beat them as [small as] the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire (dirt, mud) of the streets.

New American Standard Bible

Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

King James Version

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

Holman Bible

I pulverize them like dust of the earth;
I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.

International Standard Version

I pulverized them to powder, like the dust of the earth; I crushed them, stomping on them like mud on a street.

A Conservative Version

Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

American Standard Version

Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

Bible in Basic English

Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.

Darby Translation

And I did beat them small as the dust of the earth, I trod them as the mire of the streets; I stamped upon them.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will rub them as the dust of the earth: As the mire of the streets I will stamp them, I will beat them:

King James 2000

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I beat them fine, like the dust of the earth; like the mire of the streets, I crushed them, I stamped them down.

Modern King James verseion

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them like the mire of the streets and spread them out.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And I will beat them as small as the dust of the earth, and will stamp them as the dirt of the street, and will spread them abroad.

NET Bible

I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

New Heart English Bible

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

The Emphasized Bible

Then did I beat them in pieces, like the dust of the earth, - like the clay of the lanes, did I crush them, stamp them down.

Webster

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them as the mire of the street, and spread them abroad.

World English Bible

Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth. I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small -- I spread them out!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁחק 
Shachaq 
Usage: 4

them as small as the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

of the earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

דּקק 
Daqaq 
Usage: 13

them as the mire
טיט 
Tiyt 
Usage: 13

of the street
חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

References

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

42
“They looked, but there was no savior for them—
Even to the Lord [they looked], but He did not answer them.
43 
“Then I beat them as [small as] the dust of the earth;
I crushed and stamped them as the mire (dirt, mud) of the streets.
44
“You also have rescued me from strife with my [own] people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
People whom I have not known served me.

Cross References

Micah 7:10


Then my enemy [all the pagan nations] shall see it,
And shame [for despising the Lord] will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will look on her [with satisfaction at her judgment];
Now she (unbelievers) will be trampled down
Like mud of the streets.

Isaiah 10:6


I send Assyria against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My wrath
To take the spoil and to seize the plunder,
And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

2 Kings 13:7

For he left to Jehoahaz [king of Israel] an army of no more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram (Ben-hadad) had destroyed them and made them like dust to be trampled.

Zechariah 10:5


“They will be like mighty men
Trampling down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle;
And they will fight because the Lord is with them,
And the [enemies’] riders on horses will be shamed.

Deuteronomy 32:26


‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”

Psalm 18:42


Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;
I emptied them out as the dirt of the streets.

Psalm 35:5


Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance],
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.

Isaiah 26:15


You have increased the nation, O Lord;
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have extended all the borders of the land.

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and became like the chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. And the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Zechariah 2:6

Hear this! Flee from [Babylon] the land of the north [which shall come under judgment],” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 21:24

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).

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