2 Samuel 22:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 66:3 : 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ps 81:15 : 15 The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
Isa 56:3 : 3 Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isa 56:6 : 6 Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;
Acts 8:13 : 13 And Simon also himself believed: and being baptized, he continued with Philip; and beholding {G3173} signs and great miracles wrought, he was amazed.
Acts 8:21-23 : 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. 23 For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ps 18:44-45 : 44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 18:42-45
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42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
45The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
2 Sam 22:43-44
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43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
44Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
2 Sam 22:46
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46The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.
Ps 72:9-11
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9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.
2 Sam 22:40-41
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40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 18:38-40
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38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 54:3
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Job 19:15
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Deut 20:11
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11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.
Ps 18:47
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47Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
Isa 61:5
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5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners {H1121} shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isa 45:14
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14Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Deut 28:43
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43The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
Ps 47:3
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3He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.
2 Sam 22:48-49
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48Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,
49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.
Ps 22:27
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27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Isa 60:10
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10And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
Ps 81:14
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14I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.
Isa 55:5
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5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not; and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
Jer 49:15
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15For, behold, I have made thee small among the nations, and despised among men.
1 Kgs 8:41
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41Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake
Ezek 28:7
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7therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
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45Moreover of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Isa 49:23
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23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Ps 2:8
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8Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Exod 15:14
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Isa 14:2
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Zeph 2:11
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Ps 138:4
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Isa 29:5
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Ps 144:2
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Ps 102:15
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Isa 51:5
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5My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isa 25:3
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3Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.
Ps 110:2
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2Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Deut 28:49
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Ps 31:15
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15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Isa 54:15
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15Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall because of thee.
Jer 18:22
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22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Isa 60:12
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12For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.