44And — 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.


In Context

41 And mine enemies — Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me — and I cut them off.

42 They look, and there is no saviour; Unto Jehovah, and He hath not answered them.

43 And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small — I spread them out!

44 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.

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

46 Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.

2 Samuel 22:44 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:44"You have delivered me from the attacks of my people; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know are subject to me,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:44Thou 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:44Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people: thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not, shall serve me,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:44Thou 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:44And 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:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:44Thou 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:44Thou 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:44You 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:44You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.