For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Parallel translations
- KJV For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
- BSB For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.
- NKJV For by You I can run against a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall.
- NASB “For by You I can run at a troop of warriors; By my God I can leap over a wall.
- NLT In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 18:29For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
- Phil 4:13I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
- Ps 118:10–12All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
- Rom 8:37No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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