Psalms 18:42

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.”

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BSBPD

“I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 18:42 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
  2. Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
  3. Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
  4. Proverbs 1:28Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
  5. Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
  6. Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
  7. Isaiah 41:2Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
  8. Isaiah 41:15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
  9. Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle,trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.They will fight because the LORD is with them,and they will put the horsemen to shame.
  10. Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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