2 Samuel 22:45

2 Samuel 22:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:45

43I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. 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. Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. 46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. 47The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

2 Samuel 22:45 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Foreignersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• Foreignersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• cowerכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
• when they hear meשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• when they hear meאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: hearingH241
• they obeyשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:45

• Isaiah 56:3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
• Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
• Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
• Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
• Psalms 81:15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
• Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracles he observed.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:45

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-51David praises God for saving him in the past and for promising blessings to his family in the future (see 2 Samuel 7:8–16).Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Prevent
• Rock
• Songs
• David
• Obedience; Obey
• Psalms, Book of
• Samuel, Books of
• Text of the Old Testament
• tremble, stagger, shake, shaken, quake

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