Parallel Verses
Amplified
As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to 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.
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.
Darby Translation
At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.
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
You have rescued me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as the head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.
As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.
Foreigners lose heart,
And come trembling out of their strongholds.
Cross References
Psalm 66:3
Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works!
Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.
Psalm 81:15
Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him and cringe before Him,
And their time of punishment would be forever.
Deuteronomy 33:29
“Happy and blessed are you, O Israel;
Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
The Shield of your help,
And the Sword of your majesty!
Your enemies will cringe before you,
And you will tread on their high places [tramping down their idolatrous altars].”
2 Samuel 1:13
David said to the young man who informed him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner (resident alien, sojourner), an Amalekite.”
2 Samuel 22:44-46
“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.
Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],
The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;
Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;
He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
Isaiah 62:8
The Lord has sworn [an oath] by His right hand and by His mighty arm,
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will [the invading] foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
Ezekiel 44:7
In that you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute and profane it—My house—when you offered My bread, the fat, and the blood; and
Romans 10:16-17
But they did not all pay attention to the good news [of salvation]; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”