Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations: - a people whom I had not known, served me;

New American Standard Bible

You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

You have freed me from the feuds among my people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

International Standard Version

You delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served me!

A Conservative Version

Thou have also delivered me from the strivings of my people. Thou have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


“You also have rescued me from strife with my [own] people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
People whom I have not known served me.

Bible in Basic English

You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

Darby Translation

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:

Julia Smith Translation

And thou wilt save me from the strifes of my people, Thou wilt watch me for the head of nations: The people I have not known shall serve me.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

You delivered me from the strife of my people; you preserved me as the head of the nations. A people I had not known served me.

Modern King James verseion

You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people, You have kept me the head of the nations. A people I knew not shall serve me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And thou deliveredst me from the dissension of my people, and keepest me to be a head over nations, for the people which I knew not became my servants.

NET Bible

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

New Heart English Bible

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.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּלט 
Palat 
Usage: 26

me from the strivings
רב ריב 
Riyb 
Usage: 60

of my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

thou hast kept
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

me to be head
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

of the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

a people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

not shall serve
עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

References

Context Readings

The Victory Song Of David

43 Then did I beat them in pieces, like the dust of the earth, - like the clay of the lanes, did I crush them, stamp them down. 44 Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of my people, didst keep me to be the head of nations: - a people whom I had not known, served me; 45 The sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me, - at the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, -


Cross References

2 Samuel 8:1-14

And it came to pass, after this, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, - and David took the bridle of the metropolis, out of the hand of the Philistines.

Isaiah 55:5

Lo! A nation thou shalt not know, shalt thou call, And, a nation which hath not known thee, unto thee, shall run, - For the sake of Yahweh thy God, And for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath adorned thee.

2 Samuel 3:1

And the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was prolonged, - and, David, waxed stronger and stronger, and, the house of Saul, became weaker and weaker.

Deuteronomy 28:13

And Yahweh, will give thee, to be the head, and not the tail, and thou shalt be only above, and shalt not be beneath, - because thou dost hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh thy God, which I am commanding thee, to-day, to observe and to do;

2 Samuel 19:9

And it came to pass that all the people were reproaching one another, throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, - the king, delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and, he, rescued us out of the hand of the Philistines, but, now, he hath fled out of the land, away from Absolom;

2 Samuel 19:14

Thus bowed he the heart of all the men of Judah, as one man, - and they sent unto the king, Return, thou, and all thy servants.

2 Samuel 5:1

Then came all the tribes of Israel unto David, in Hebron, - and spake, saying - Behold us! thy bone and thy flesh, we are.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

So the people went forth into the field against Israel, - and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 20:1-2

Now, in that place, there happened to be an abandoned man, whose name, was Sheba son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin, - so he blew a horn, and said - We have no share in David, Nor inheritance have we in the son of Jesse, Every man to his home, O Israel!

2 Samuel 20:22

So the woman came unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it out unto Joab. And he blew with a horn, and they dispersed themselves from the city, every man to his home; but, Joab, returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

Psalm 2:1-6

Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth:

Psalm 18:43

Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people, - didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me:

Psalm 60:8-9

Moab, is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia! raise shout of triumph.

Psalm 72:8-9

So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth;

Psalm 110:6

He will judge among the nations - full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended:

Isaiah 60:12

For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish, - Yea the nations, shall be utterly wasted.

Isaiah 65:1

I have let myself be consulted by them who had not asked, I have suffered myself to be found by them who had not sought me, - I have said, Here I am! Here I am! Unto a nation that had not been called by my name,

Daniel 7:14

and, unto him, were given dominion and dignity and kingship, that all peoples, races and tongues, unto him, should do service, - his dominion, was an age-abiding dominion, which should not pass away, and, his kingdom, that which should not be destroyed.

Hosea 2:23

So will I sow her unto me in the land, and will have compassion upon the uncompassionated one, - and will say to him who was No-people-of-mine, My people, thou art, and, he, shall say, My God!

Acts 4:25-28

Who, by our father, through means of the Holy Spirit, even by the mouth of David thy servant, said - Unto what end did nations rage, and, peoples, busy themselves with empty things?

Acts 5:30-31

The God of our fathers, hath raised up Jesus, - whom, ye, got into your hands, suspending him upon a tree: -

Romans 9:25

As also in Hosea he saith - I will call the not-my-people, My people, and the not-beloved, beloved,

Romans 15:12

And, again, Isaiah, saith - There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to rule nations, - upon, him, shall nations hope.

Revelation 11:15

And, the seventh messenger, sounded; and there came to be loud voices in heaven, saying - The kingdom of the world, hath become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign unto the ages of ages.

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