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1 Samuel 2:7
7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up.
1 Samuel 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:7
5Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease [to hunger]. Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven, But she who has many children withers away. 6The Lord puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave]. The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up. 8He raises up the poor from the dust, He lifts up the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor and glory; For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He set the land on them. 9He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones, But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness; For a man shall not prevail by might.
Read all of 1 Samuel 21 Samuel 2:7 word by word
יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִ֣ישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף־מְרוֹמֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:7
- Deuteronomy 8:17Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’
- Job 1:21He said, “Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb, And naked I will return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
- Job 5:11So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And He lifts to safety those who mourn.
- Psalms 102:10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.
- Psalms 75:7But God is the Judge; He puts down one and lifts up another.
- Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against all who are proud and arrogant And against all who are lifted up, That they may be degraded.
- James 1:9Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position [as a born-again believer, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God];
- James 4:10Humble yourselves [with an attitude of repentance and insignificance] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up, He will give you purpose].
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The Lord maketh poor - For many cannot bear affluence, and if God should continue to trust them with riches, they would be their ruin. Maketh rich - Some he can trust, and therefore makes them stewards of his secular bounty.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8Compare with Psalm 113:7–9.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111Sa 2:1-11. Hannah's Song in Thankfulness to God. 1. Hannah prayed, and said--Praise and prayer are inseparably conjoined in Scripture (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1). This beautiful song was her tribute of thanks for the divine goodness in answering her petition. mine horn is exalted in the Lord--Allusion is here made to a peculiarity in the dress of Eastern women about Lebanon, which seems to have obtained anciently among the Israelite women, that of wearing a tin…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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