2 Samuel 22:46
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.”
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BSBPD
“Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Sons of a stranger fade away, And gird themselves by their close places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:46 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 2:19Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 2:21They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
- Micah 7:17They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.
- James 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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