1 Samuel 2:9
What does 1 Samuel 2:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Context
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.
v.9This passage
v.10They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 91:11
For he will give his angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways.
- Psalms 37:28
For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- 1 Samuel 17:49
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.
- 1 Peter 1:5
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
- Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
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