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.
• New International Version (NIV)They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.
• 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.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:46

44“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. They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds. 47“The Lord lives! Praise to my Rock! May God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted! 48He is the God who pays back those who harm me; he brings down 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 64:6We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
• James 1:11The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
• Isaiah 2:19When the Lord rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the Lord and the glory of his majesty.
• Amos 9:3Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
• Micah 7:17Like snakes crawling from their holes, they will come out to meet the Lord our God. They will fear him greatly, trembling in terror at his presence.

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