2 Samuel 22:46

2 Samuel 22:46 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
• New International Version (NIV)They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:46

44You have saved me when my people were attacking me. You have made me a ruler of other nations. People that I did not know before now serve me as their ruler. 45Foreign people cannot stand against me, because they are afraid. When they hear about me, they choose to obey me. They are not brave enough to fight me. They shake with fear as they leave their strong cities. 47The Lord is alive! He is my strong Rock! Everyone should praise him! He rules as king! He is the strong God who saves me. 48He is the true God who punishes my enemies. He makes the nations obey me.

2 Samuel 22:46 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Strangersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
• Strangersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• shall fade awayנָבֵלnâbêl · to witherH5034
• and they shall be afraidחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• out of their close placesמִסְגֶּ֫רֶתmisgereth · perimeterH4526

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:46

• Isaiah 64:6Our sins have made us all like unclean people, who cannot worship you. Even the good things that we try to do are like dirty bits of cloth. Our sins will blow us all away, as the wind blows away dead leaves.
• James 1:11When the sun rises, its heat causes plants to become dry. Their flowers fall to the ground. They are no longer beautiful. In the same way, rich people will die when they are busy in their work. Then they will have nothing.
• Isaiah 2:19People will run away to the caves in the hills. They will try to hide in holes in the ground. They will try to escape from the great power of the Lord, when he comes to judge everyone. They will see that he rules with great authority. People will be very afraid when he comes to punish the people on earth.
• Amos 9:3They might try to hide on the top of Mount Carmel. But I will find them and I will take them from there. They might try to hide from me deep down in the sea. But I will command the great sea snake to bite them.
• Micah 7:17They will be like snakes that move along the ground. They will be afraid and they will eat dust like snakes. They will come carefully out of their safe places, because they are afraid of you, the Lord our God.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:46

• 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
• Close
• David
• 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