2-Samuel - 22:43

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43 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.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 22:43.

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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.
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.
I shall beat them as small as the dust of the earth: I shall crush them and spread them abroad like the mire of the streets.
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.
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
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.
And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small, I spread them out!
Then they were crushed as small as the dust of the earth, stamped down under my feet like the waste of the streets.
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
I will wipe them away like the dust of the earth. I will break them apart and crush them, like the mud of the streets.

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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. See Gill on Psalm 18:42.

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