2 Samuel 22:44 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Samuel 22:44 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 22:44 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 22:44 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“You 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.”
2 Samuel 22:44 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 22:44 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Thou 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.”
2 Samuel 22:44 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 22:44 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And--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.”
2 Samuel 22:44 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 22:44 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And 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: ”
2 Samuel 22:44 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 22:44 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thou hast also deliuered me from the contentions of my people: thou hast preserued me to be the head ouer nations: the people which I knewe not, doe serue me.”
2 Samuel 22:44 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 22:44 in Context — 2 Samuel 22
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
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.
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.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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What Does 2 Samuel 22:44 Mean?
2 Samuel 22:44 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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