Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 22:44
44You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
2 Samuel 22:44 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
- New International Version (NIV)“You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. A people I have not known shall serve me.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:44
42They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. 43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. 45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. 46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:44 word by word
וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי מֵרִיבֵ֖י עַמִּ֑י תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֔ם עַ֥ם לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
- You have delivered meפָּלַטpâlaţ · to escapeH6403
- from the strifeרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- You have preserved meשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
- as the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
- of nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- I had notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- shall serve meעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:44
- 2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 18:6So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
- Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
- Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
- Psalms 60:8Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:44
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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