2 Samuel 22:44

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 looked for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer. 43I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I trampled them in the gutter like dirt. “You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me. 45Foreign nations cringe before me; as soon as they hear of me, they submit. 46They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.

2 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 3:1That was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal to Saul and those loyal to David. As time passed David became stronger and stronger, while Saul’s dynasty became weaker and weaker.
• 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.
• 2 Samuel 18:6So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,
• 2 Samuel 19:9And throughout all the tribes of Israel there was much discussion and argument going on. The people were saying, “The king rescued us from our enemies and saved us from the Philistines, but Absalom chased him out of the country.
• 2 Samuel 20:1There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant: “Down with the dynasty of David! We have no interest in the son of Jesse. Come on, you men of Israel, back to your homes!”
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
• Psalms 18:43You gave me victory over my accusers. You appointed me ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.
• Acts 4:25you spoke long ago by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant, saying, ‘Why were the nations so angry? Why did they waste their time with futile plans?
• Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.
• 2 Samuel 8:1After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.
• Deuteronomy 28:13If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
• Psalms 2:8Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the whole earth as your possession.
• Psalms 60:8But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant, and I will wipe my feet on Edom and shout in triumph over Philistia.”
• Psalms 72:8May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
• Psalms 110:6He will punish the nations and fill their lands with corpses; he will shatter heads over the whole earth.
• Isaiah 60:12For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:44

• 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

In the dictionaries

• Arrow
• Prevent
• Rock
• Songs
• 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