2 Samuel 22 · Verse 44

2 Samuel 22:44

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.
2 Samuel 22:44, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:44 in other translations

BSBYou have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
WEBYou also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.
ASVThou 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.
YLTAnd--Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me.
DARBYAnd thou hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the nations: A people I knew not doth serve me:
BBEYou have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
WebsterThou 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.

2 Samuel 22:44 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִיva.te.fa.le.Te.niand you rescued meH6403
מֵרִיבֵ֖יme.ri.Veifrom [the] strifes ofH7379
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople myH5971
תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙tish.me.Re.niyou kept meH8104
לְרֹ֣אשׁle.Roshto [the] head ofH7218
גּוֹיִ֔םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471
עַ֥ם'ama peopleH5971
לֹא\־lo'-[whom] notH3808
יָדַ֖עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knewH3045
יַעַבְדֻֽנִי\׃ya.'av.Du.nithey served meH5647

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:44

  • 2 Samuel 8:1-14

    And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg–ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. …

  • Isaiah 55:5

    Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

  • 2 Samuel 3:1

    Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  • Deuteronomy 28:13

    And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

  • 2 Samuel 19:14

    And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

  • 2 Samuel 19:9

    And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

  • 2 Samuel 5:1

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

  • Acts 5:30-31

    The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

  • Psalms 60:8-9

    Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

  • Psalms 2:1-6

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. …

  • Isaiah 60:12

    For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

  • Romans 15:12

    And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
delivered.
3:1; 5:1; 18:6-8; 19:9,14; 20:1,2,22; Ps 2:1-6; 18:43; Ac 4:25-28
Ac 5:30,31
head.
8:1-14; De 28:13; Ps 2:8; 60:8,9; 72:8,9; 110:6; Isa 60:12; Da 7:14
Ro 15:12; Re 11:15
a people.
Isa 55:5; 65:1; Ho 2:23; Ro 9:25

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:43

    Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

  • 2 Samuel 22:44

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 22:45

    Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

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2 Samuel 22:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tú me libraste de contiendas de pueblos: tú me guardaste para que fuese cabeza de gentes: pueblos que no conocía, me sirvieron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu m’as délivré des débats de mon peuple; tu m’as gardé pour être le chef des nations; un peuple que je ne connaissais pas me servira.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du errettetest mich aus den Streitigkeiten meines Volkes; du bewahrtest mich auf zum Haupte der Nationen; ein Volk, das ich nicht kannte, dient mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Salvabis me a contradictionibus populi mei; custodies me in caput gentium: populus quem ignoro serviet mihi.