Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
New American Standard Bible
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
King James Version
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
Holman Bible
as soon as they hear, they obey me.
International Standard Version
Foreigners came cringing to me; they obeyed as soon as they heard me.
American Standard Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
Amplified
“Foreigners pretend obedience to me;
As soon as they hear [me], they 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.
Darby Translation
Strangers come cringing unto me: At the hearing of the ear, they obey me.
Julia Smith Translation
The sons of the stranger will lie to me: For the hearing of the ear they will hear to me.
King James 2000
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Children of a foreign land came cringing to me; {when they heard of me}, they became obedient to me.
Modern King James verseion
Strangers shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear, they shall obey me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the aliens crouched unto me, and obeyed me at a word.
NET Bible
Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.
New Heart English Bible
The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
The Emphasized Bible
The sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me, - at the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, -
Webster
Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me.
World English Bible
The foreigners will submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me.
Interlinear
Kachash
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:45
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
44 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. 45 The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. 46 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
Cross References
Psalm 66:3
Say to God, How awesome are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee.
Psalm 81:15
(The haters of LORD feign obedience to him, but their time is forever.)
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.
Psalm 18:44-45
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
Isaiah 56:3
Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to LORD, speak, saying, LORD will surely separate me from his people, nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah 56:6
Also the foreigners who join themselves to LORD, to minister to him, and to love the name of LORD, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,
Acts 8:13
And Simon himself also believed. And after being immersed, he was continuing with Philip. And seeing miracles and signs occurring, he was astonished.
Acts 8:21-23
There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God.