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2 Samuel 22:45–46

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45“aForeigners pretend obedience to me;

As soon as they hear, they obey me.

46“Foreigners 1lose heart,

aAnd 2come trembling out of their 3fortresses.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit languish
  2. 2Lit gird themselves
  3. 3Lit fastnesses

Cross references

  1. aPs 66:3; 81:15
  2. a1 Sam 14:11; Mic 7:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Foreigners came cringing to me;

as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.

Foreigners lost heart

and came trembling out of their fortresses.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

They all lose heart;

they come trembling from their strongholds.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Foreigners submit to me cringing;

as soon as they hear, they obey me.

Foreigners lose heart

and come trembling from their fortifications.

NLTNew Living Translation

Foreign nations cringe before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

They all lose their courage

and come trembling from their strongholds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Children of a foreign land came cringing to me;

when they heard of me, they became obedient to me.

Children of a foreign land lost heart

and came trembling from their strongholds.

KJV 1900King James Version

Strangers shall submit themselves unto me:

As soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

Strangers shall fade away,

And they shall be afraid out of their close places.