2 Samuel 22:44
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You have also deliveredוַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי
(vat·te·fal·le·te·ni,)
6403: to escapea prim. root
me from the contentionsמֵרִיבֵ֖י
(me·ri·vei)
7379: strife, disputefrom rib
of my people;עַמִּ֑י
(am·mi;)
5971a: peoplefrom an unused word
You have keptתִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙
(tish·me·re·ni)
8104: to keep, watch, preservea prim. root
me as headלְרֹ֣אשׁ
(le·rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
of the nations;גֹּויִ֔ם
(go·v·yim,)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
A peopleעַ֥ם
(am)
5971a: peoplefrom an unused word
whom I have not knownיָדַ֖עְתִּי
(ya·da'·ti)
3045: to knowa prim. root
serveיַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃
(ya·'av·du·ni.)
5647: to work, servea prim. root
me. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Thou also hast delivered
palat  (paw-lat')
to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliver -- calve, carry away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape.
me from the strivings
riyb  (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
of my people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
thou hast kept
shamar  (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
me to be head
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of the heathen
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
a people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
which I knew
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not shall serve
`abad  (aw-bad')
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
me
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have freed me from the feuds among my people; You have appointed me the head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.

International Standard Version
You delivered me from civil war among my own people. You preserved me as head of the nations. People whom I had never known served me!

NET Bible
You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You rescued me from my conflicts with my people. You kept me as the leader of nations. A people I did not know will serve me.

King James 2000 Bible
You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the nations: a people whom I knew not shall serve me.
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