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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:46

44“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, 45foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds. 47“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! 48He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under 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 64:6All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
• James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
• Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
• Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, there I will hunt them down and seize them. Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
• Micah 7:17They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the Lord our God and will be afraid of you.

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