Psalm 18:37
New International Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

New Living Translation
I chased my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until they were conquered.

English Standard Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.

Berean Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

King James Bible
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

New King James Version
I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

New American Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

NASB 1995
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

NASB 1977
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Legacy Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Amplified Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Christian Standard Bible
I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I pursue my enemies and overtake them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

American Standard Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them and I shall not return until I finish them off.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.

Contemporary English Version
I kept chasing my enemies, until I caught them and destroyed them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.

English Revised Version
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I chased my enemies and caught up with them. I did not return until I had ended their lives.

Good News Translation
I pursue my enemies and catch them; I do not stop until I destroy them.

International Standard Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn around until they were utterly defeated.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back till they were consumed.

Literal Standard Version
I pursue my enemies, and overtake them, | And do not turn back until they are consumed.

Majority Standard Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

New American Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till I destroyed them.

NET Bible
I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

New Revised Standard Version
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; and did not turn back until they were consumed.

New Heart English Bible
I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

World English Bible
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.

Young's Literal Translation
I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The LORD is My Rock
36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. 37I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. 38I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Psalm 44:5
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.


Treasury of Scripture

I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Psalm 9:3
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Psalm 35:2,5
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help…

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Psalm 18
1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings














(37-40) Another retrospective glance of the poet over his past wars. Notice slight variations in Samuel.

Verse 37. - I have pursued mine enemies and overtaken them (see 1 Samuel 30:8-17; 2 Samuel 8:1-13; 2 Samuel 10:6-18). Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. The greatest severities exercised by David seem to have been those against Edom (1 Kings 11:15, 16) and Ammon (2 Samuel 12:29-31). Otherwise he would seem not to have used, with any great harshness, his rights as a conqueror.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I pursued
אֶרְדּ֣וֹף (’er·dō·wp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

my enemies
א֭וֹיְבַי (’ō·wy·ḇay)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

and overtook them;
וְאַשִּׂיגֵ֑ם (wə·’aś·śî·ḡêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5381: To reach, overtake

I did not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

turn back
אָ֝שׁוּב‪‬ (’ā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

they were consumed.
כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ (kal·lō·w·ṯām)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent


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