1 Samuel 2:6
What does 1 Samuel 2:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth back again.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 2:2
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
- 2 Kings 5:7
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9
yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
- Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
- Matthew 12:40
for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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