2 Samuel 22:44
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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.You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
In other translations
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.You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Hebrew words
וַתְּפַלְּטֵנִיvatefaleteniand you rescued meH6403מֵרִיבֵיmeriveifrom [the] strifes ofH7379עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971תִּשְׁמְרֵנִיtishmereniyou kept meH8104לְרֹאשׁleroshto [the] head ofH7218גּוֹיִםgoyim[the] nationsH1471עַם'ama peopleH5971לֹא־lo'-[whom] notH3808יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knewH3045יַעַבְדֻנִי׃ya'avdunithey served meH5647
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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