The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their hideouts.
Parallel translations
- WEB The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.
- KJV The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- BSB Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
- NASB Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses.
- NLT They all lose their courage and come trembling from their strongholds.
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Quick answer
Foreign peoples lose heart and emerge trembling from their strongholds. Their resistance collapses before God's anointed king.
Overview
The defeated foreigners 'fade away' and come out of their fortified places in fear, their strength and confidence gone. It completes the picture of David's dominion secured by God. The submission of the nations to the Davidic king foreshadows the universal acknowledgment of Christ's lordship.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Mic 7:17They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
- Jas 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
- Rev 6:16They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Isa 24:4The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.
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