New English Translation
2 Samuel 22:44
44You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
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 cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them. 43I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets. You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. 45Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. 46Foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave 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
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 3:1However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
- 2 Samuel 18:6Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?
- Psalms 18:43You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.
- Acts 4:25who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?
- Acts 5:30The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah from the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 28:13The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.
- Psalms 2:8Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.
- Psalms 60:8Moab is my washbasin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
- Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!
- Psalms 110:6He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
- Isaiah 60:12Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally 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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