2 Samuel 22:45

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Foreigners submit to me cringing;as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Hebrew Names Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

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

Lexham English Bible
Children of a foreign land came cringing to me; when they heard of me, they became obedient to me.

English Standard Version
Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

New Century Version
Foreigners obey me. As soon as they hear me, they obey me.

New English Translation
Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

Amplified Bible
"Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear [me], they obey me.

New American Standard Bible
"Foreigners pretend to obey me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Strangers shalbe in subiection to me: assoone as they heare, they shall obey me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Foreigners cower before me;As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Contemporary English Version
They obey and come crawling.

Complete Jewish Bible
Foreigners come cringing to me; the moment they hear of me, they obey me.

Darby Translation
Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.

Easy-to-Read Version
Foreigners fall helpless before me! As soon as they heard about me, they were ready to obey.

George Lamsa Translation
Those who give ear shall hearken to me; the sons of strangers shall be obedient to me.

Good News Translation
Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

Literal Translation
The sons of strangers submit to me; at the hearing of the ear they listen to me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The straunge children haue denyed me: at the hearynge of the eare shal they herke vnto me.

American Standard Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

Bible in Basic English
Men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority: from the time when my name comes to their ears, they will be ruled by me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Straunge childre dissemble with me: at the hearing of the eare, they obey me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

King James Version (1611)
Strangers shall submit themselues vnto me: as soone as they heare, they shall be obedient vnto me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The strange children feigned obedience to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.

English Revised Version
The strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

Berean Standard Bible
Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alien sones schulen ayenstonde me; bi heryng of eere thei schulen obeie to me.

Young's Literal Translation
Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.

Update Bible Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.

World English Bible
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

New King James Version
The foreigners submit to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

New Living Translation
Foreign nations cringe before me; as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

New Life Bible
Strangers obey me. As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

New Revised Standard
Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me, - at the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of the stranger will resist me, at the hearing of the ear they will obey me.

Revised Standard Version
Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me.

Contextual Overview

² God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout; My mountaintop refuge, he saves me from ruthless men. ⁴ I sing to God the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved. ⁵The waves of death crashed over me, devil waters rushed over me. Hell's ropes cinched me tight; death traps barred every exit. ⁷ A hostile world! I called to God , to my God I cried out. From his palace he heard me call; my cry brought me right into his presence— a private audience! ⁸Earth wobbled and lurched; the very heavens shook like leaves, Quaked like aspen leaves because of his rage. His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out; he lowered the sky. He stepped down; under his feet an abyss opened up. He rode a winged creature, swift on wind-wings. He wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black rain-cloud darkness. But his cloud-brightness burst through, a grand comet of fireworks. Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout. God shot his arrows—pandemonium! He hurled his lightnings—a rout! The secret sources of ocean were exposed, the hidden depths of earth lay uncovered The moment God roared in protest, let loose his hurricane anger. ¹⁷But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! ²¹ God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I cleaned up my act, he gave me a fresh start. Indeed, I've kept alert to God 's ways; I haven't taken God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works, I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. God rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes. ²⁶You stick by people who stick with you, you're straight with people who're straight with you, You're good to good people, you shrewdly work around the bad ones. You take the side of the down-and-out, but the stuck-up you take down a peg. ²⁹Suddenly, God , your light floods my path, God drives out the darkness. I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the high fences. What a God! His road stretches straight and smooth. Every God -direction is road-tested. Everyone who runs toward him Makes it. ³²Is there any god like God ? Are we not at bedrock? Is not this the God who armed me well, then aimed me in the right direction? Now I run like a deer; I'm king of the mountain. He shows me how to fight; I can bend a bronze bow! You protect me with salvation-armor; you touch me and I feel ten feet tall. You cleared the ground under me so my footing was firm. When I chased my enemies I caught them; I didn't let go till they were dead men. I nailed them; they were down for good; then I walked all over them. You armed me well for this fight; you smashed the upstarts. You made my enemies turn tail, and I wiped out the haters. They cried "uncle" but Uncle didn't come; They yelled for God and got no for an answer. I ground them to dust; they gusted in the wind. I threw them out, like garbage in the gutter. You rescued me from a squabbling people; you made me a leader of nations. People I'd never heard of served me; the moment they got wind of me they submitted. They gave up; they came trembling from their hideouts.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger, Isaiah 56:3, Isaiah 56:6

submit themselves: or, yield feigned obedience, Heb. lie, Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalms 18:44, Psalms 18:45, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 81:15, Acts 8:13, Acts 8:21-23

Reciprocal: Proverbs 18:10 - the righteous

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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