2 Samuel 22:35
Good News Translation
He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

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

Contemporary English Version
You teach my hands to fight and my arms to use a bow of bronze.

New American Bible
Who trained my hands for war, my arms to bend even a bow of bronze.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

teacheth

Psalm 18:33,34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places. . . .

Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

to war [heb] for the war

Psalm 46:9 Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Ezekiel 39:3,9,10 And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy right hand. . . .

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
34Making my feet like the feet of harts, and setting me upon my high places. 35He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.36Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:45
And David said to the Philistine: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast defied

Job 20:24
He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

Psalm 18:34
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

2 Samuel 22:34
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