KJV King James Version
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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Psalm 18:44
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
WEB World English Bible
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
ASV American Standard Version
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,
Surrounding context — Psalm 18
41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
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Psalm 66:3Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.Psalm 81:15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.2 Samuel 22:44-46Thou 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.Deuteronomy 33:29Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Ezekiel 44:7In that ye have brought [into my sanctuary] strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.2 Samuel 1:13And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.Romans 10:16-17But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?Isaiah 62:8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:Psalm 68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
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