2 Samuel 23:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.”
2 Samuel 23:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 23:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 23:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.”
2 Samuel 23:12 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 23:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great victory. ”
2 Samuel 23:12 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 23:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation.”
2 Samuel 23:12 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 23:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance. ”
2 Samuel 23:12 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 23:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But he stoode in the middes of the fielde, and defended it, and slewe the Philistims: so the Lord gaue great victorie.”
2 Samuel 23:12 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 23:12 in Context — 2 Samuel 23
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem.
What Does 2 Samuel 23:12 Mean?
2 Samuel 23:12 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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