English Standard Version
2 Samuel 22:44
44"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.
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,
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:44
42They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them. 43I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets. "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. 45Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me. 46Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.
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 3:1There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
- 2 Samuel 18:6So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!"
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 18:43You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
- Acts 4:25who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
- 2 Samuel 8:1After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
- Psalms 2:8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
- Psalms 60:8Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
- Psalms 72:8May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
- Psalms 110:6He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
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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