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2 Samuel 22:46

44 You 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.

45 Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

47 The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—

48 the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
KJV
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
WEB
The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
ASV
The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
DARBY
Strangers have faded away, And they come trembling forth from their close places.
BLB
Sons of a stranger fade away and come trembling from their strongholds.
ÅB
Fremmede visner bort og går bevende ut av sine borger.
OTB
Fremmede mister motet,
Og kommer skjelvende ut av sine festninger.
B1930
Fremmede visner bort og går bevende ut av sine borger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 7:17

    They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

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  • Amos 9:3

    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

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  • Isaiah 64:6

    Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

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  • Isaiah 2:19

    Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

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  • James 1:11

    For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

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  • Isaiah 2:21

    They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

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