1 Samuel 2:7
What does 1 Samuel 2:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
Context
v.6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
v.7This passage
v.8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 2:12
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
- Job 1:21
and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
- Psalms 102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
- Job 5:11
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
- Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
- Deuteronomy 8:17
and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
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