Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 22:44
44You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known 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 look, but there is no one to save them — they look to the Lord, but he does not answer them. 43I pulverize them like dust of the earth; I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets. You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. 45Foreigners submit to me cringing; as soon as they hear, they obey me. 46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou also hast deliveredפָּלַטpâlaţ · to escapeH6403
- me from the strivingsרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
- of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- thou hast keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
- headרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
- of the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- I knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- not shall serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:44
- 2 Samuel 3:1During the long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, David was growing stronger and the house of Saul was becoming weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 18:6Then David’s forces marched into the field to engage Israel in battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9People throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king rescued us from the grasp of our enemies, and he saved us from the grasp of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent, Israel!
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 18:43You have freed me from the feuds among the people; you have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.
- Acts 4:25You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant: Why do the Gentiles rage and the peoples plot futile things?
- Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging him on a tree.
- 2 Samuel 8:1After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control.
- Deuteronomy 28:13The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.
- Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance and the ends of the earth your possession.
- Psalms 60:8Moab is my washbasin. I throw my sandal on Edom; I shout in triumph over Philistia.”
- 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 corpses; he will crush leaders over the entire world.
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be annihilated.
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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