English Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:7
7The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:7
5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn. 6The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. 8He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world. 9"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
Read all of 1 Samuel 21 Samuel 2:7 word by word
יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִ֣ישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף־מְרוֹמֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:7
- Deuteronomy 8:17Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'
- Job 1:21And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
- Job 5:11he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- Psalms 102:10because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
- Psalms 75:7but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
- Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
- James 1:9Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
- James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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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