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Young's Literal Translation

2 Samuel 22:45

Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aliens;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Obedience;   Poetry;   Salvation, Saviour;   Samuel, Books of;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel first and second books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Obedience;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;  

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.
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 and he saith: `Jehovah [is] my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me, 3 My God [is] my rock -- I take refuge in Him; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, My high tower, and my refuge! My Saviour, from violence Thou savest me! 4 The Praised One, I call Jehovah: And from mine enemies I am saved. 5 When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me, 6 The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death. 7 In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I call, And He heareth from His temple my voice, And my cry [is] in His ears, 8 And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath! 9 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it. 10 And He inclineth heaven, and cometh down, And thick darkness [is] under His feet. 11 And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And is seen on the wings of the wind.

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. :-.


 
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