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Psalms 18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 18:45.

לְשֵׁ֣מַֽעleshemato bruitשֵׁמַעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to bruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8088something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audiencebruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.אֹ֭זֶןozenearאֹזֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “ear”, the ordinary formH241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)[phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.יִשָּׁ֣מְעוּyishamevhearשָׁמַעverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “hear”, an unfinished actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toבְּנֵֽיbenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […נֵ֝כָ֗רnekharalienנֵכָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendomalien, strange ([phrase] -er).יְכַחֲשׁוּyekhachashvfailכָּחַשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fail”, an unfinished actionH3584to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(18-45) As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

World English Bible

As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

Darby Translation

At the hearing of the ear, they obey me: strangers come cringing unto me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(18-45) As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εἰς ἀκοὴν ὠτίου ὑπήκουσέ μοι· υἱοὶ ἀλλότριοι ἐψεύσαντό μοι,