New English Translation
1 Samuel 2:7
7The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles 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.
- 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 are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away. 6The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up. The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts. 8He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them. 9He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
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 8:17Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”
- Job 1:21He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!”
- Job 5:11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.
- Psalms 102:10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.
- Psalms 75:7For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.
- Isaiah 2:12Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;
- James 1:9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
- 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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