Tree of Life Version
2 Samuel 22:45
45Children of foreigners cringe before me. As soon as they hear, they obey me.
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 I beat them as the dust of the earth, I stamped and crushed them like mud of the streets. 44You free me from strifes of my people. You kept me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving me. Children of foreigners cringe before me. As soon as they hear, they obey me. 46Children of foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their hideouts. 47Adonai lives! And blessed be my Rock! Exalted be God— the Rock of my salvation!
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:45 word by word
בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Strangersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
- Strangersבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
- shall submitכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
- themselves unto me: as soon as they hearאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · ear: hearingH241
- themselves unto me: as soon as they hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- they shall be obedientשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:45
- Isaiah 56:3Do not let a son of a foreigner who has joined himself to Adonai say, ‘Adonai will surely exclude me from His people.” Nor let the eunuch say, ‘Behold, I am a dry tree.’”
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Adonai, the Shield of your help and the Sword of your triumph? Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample on their backs.”
- Psalms 18:44You free me from strifes of the people. You set me as head of the nations— people I did not know are serving me.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God: “How awesome are Your deeds! Because of Your great power, Your enemies cringe before You.
- Psalms 81:15I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their foes.
- Acts 8:13Even Simon himself believed; and after being immersed, he continued with Philip. And when he saw signs and great miracles happening, he was continually amazed.
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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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