2 Samuel 22:45

2 Samuel 22:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)foreigners cower before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Context of 2 Samuel 22:45

43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. 44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. The strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. 46The strangers shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places. 47The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation:

2 Samuel 22:45 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• submitכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
• themselvesשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• meבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:45

• Isaiah 56:3Neither let the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD will surely separate me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
• Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Psalms 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
• Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
• Psalms 81:15The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever.
• Acts 8:13And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:45

• 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
• David
• Obedience; Obey
• 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