1 Samuel 2:4

1 Samuel 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:4

2“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. 3“Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed. “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength. 5Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away. 6“The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

1 Samuel 2:4 word by word

קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The bowsקֶ֫שֶׁתqesheth · bowH7198
• of the mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• brokenחַתchath · shatteredH2844
• and they that stumbledכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• are girdedאָזַר'âzar · to girdH247
• with strengthחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:4

• Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Psalms 46:9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
• Psalms 76:3There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.
• Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
• Jeremiah 37:10Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
• 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
• Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
• Philippians 4:13I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
• Hebrews 11:34quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The bows of the mighty - The Targum considers the first verse as including a prophecy against the Philistines; the second verse, against Sennacherib and his army; the third, against Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans; the fourth, against the Greeks; the fifth, against Haman and his posterity; and the tenth, against Magog, and the enemies of the Messiah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Hannah celebrated God's power to completely change people's situations.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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 2:4

• Barrenness
• Blessing
• Hannah
• Joy
• Poetry
• Praise
• Pride
• Psalms
• Samuel
• Satire
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Crouch
• Custom
• Dunghill
• Dust
• Esteem
• Fleshhook
• Hannah
• Hire
• Horn
• Increase

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