God’s Word Translation
1 Samuel 2:7
7The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them.
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 well-fed hire themselves out for a piece of bread, but those who were hungry hunger no more. Even the woman who was childless gives birth to seven children, but the mother of many children grieves all alone. 6“The Lord kills, and he gives life. He makes ⌞people⌟ go down to the grave, and he raises them up ⌞again⌟. The Lord causes poverty and grants wealth. He humbles ⌞people⌟; he also promotes them. 8He raises the poor from the dust. He lifts the needy from the trash heap in order to make them sit with nobles and even to make them inherit a glorious throne. “The pillars of the earth are the Lord’s. He has set the world on them. 9He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
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 8:17You may say to yourselves, “I became wealthy because of my own ability and strength.”
- Job 1:21He said, “Naked I came from my mother, and naked I will return. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away! May the name of the Lord be praised.”
- Job 5:11He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
- Psalms 102:10because of your hostility and anger, because you have picked me up and thrown me away.
- Psalms 75:7God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another.
- Isaiah 2:12The Lord of Armies will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited and all who are proud of themselves (they will be humbled),
- James 1:9Humble believers should be proud because being humble makes them important.
- James 4:10Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.
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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