Parallel Verses
King James Version
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
New American Standard Bible
As soon as they hear, they obey 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.
A Conservative Version
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey 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 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. 45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
Cross References
Psalm 66:3
Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Psalm 81:15
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Psalm 18:44-45
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Isaiah 56:3
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah 56:6
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Acts 8:13
Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
Acts 8:21-23
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.