New King James Version
2 Samuel 22:44
44“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.
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 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; Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. 43Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trod them like dirt in the streets, And I spread them out. “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. 45The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me. 46The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.
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 3:1Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2 Samuel 18:6So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: “We have no share in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing?
- Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me.
- Acts 4:25who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.
- 2 Samuel 8:1After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 28:13And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
- Psalms 2:8Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.
- Psalms 60:8Moab is My washpot; Over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”
- Psalms 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 110:6He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
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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