Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 22:44
44You free me from strifes of my people. You kept me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving 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 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, but there was none to save —to Adonai, but He did not answer them. 43Then I beat them as the dust of the earth, I stamped and crushed them like mud of the streets. You free me from strifes of my people. You kept me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving me. 45Children of foreigners cringe before me. As soon as they hear, they obey me. 46Children of foreigners lose heart and come trembling 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 the war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. While David grew steadily stronger, the house of Saul grew steadily weaker.
- 2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke saying, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
- 2 Samuel 18:6Then the troops went out to the field to confront Israel but the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 19:9So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the troops saying, “See, the king is sitting at the gate,” all the troops presented themselves before the king. Meanwhile, Israel had fled each man to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar, and the peoples mutter vanity?
- Psalms 18:43Then I beat them as fine as dust before the wind. I pour them out like mud in the streets.
- Acts 4:25You said by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, ‘Why did the nations rage and the peoples plot foolish things?
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whom you seized and had crucified.
- 2 Samuel 8:1Now afterward David attacked the Philistines and subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
- Deuteronomy 28:13Adonai will make you the head and not the tail, and you will be only above and not below—if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am commanding you today, careful to do them,
- Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will give the nations as Your inheritance, and the far reaches of the earth as Your possession.
- Psalms 60:8God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult! I will parcel out Shechem and measure off the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 72:8May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Psalms 110:6He will judge among the nations, heaping up corpses. He will crush heads over the entire land.
- Isaiah 60:12For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish— those nations will 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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