Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
New American Standard Bible
Foreigners
King James Version
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Holman Bible
as soon as they hear,
International Standard Version
When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.
A Conservative Version
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
American Standard Version
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Amplified
As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.
Bible in Basic English
From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
Julia Smith Translation
At the hearing of the ear they shall hear to me: sons of the stranger shall feign to me.
King James 2000
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
as soon as {they heard}, they obeyed me. [The] children of a foreign land feigned obedience before me.
Modern King James verseion
As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me, but the strange children dissemble with me. {TYNDALE: And the aliens crouched unto me, and obeyed me at a word.}
NET Bible
When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. Foreigners are powerless before me;
New Heart English Bible
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
The Emphasized Bible
At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me:
Webster
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
World English Bible
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
Youngs Literal Translation
At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me. 44 At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me. 45 Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places.
Cross References
Psalm 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.
Psalm 81:15
The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
2 Samuel 1:13
And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.
2 Samuel 22:44-46
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:
Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
Isaiah 62:8
Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, I will indeed no more give thy corn to be food for thine enemies; and the sons of the alien shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast laboured;
Ezekiel 44:7
in that ye have brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offered my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations.
Romans 10:16-17
But they have not all obeyed the glad tidings. For Esaias says, Lord, who has believed our report?