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1 Samuel 2:7
7The Lord sends poverty and wealth; 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.
- 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.
- 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 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. The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. 8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world. 9He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;
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יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִ֣ישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף־מְרוֹמֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:7
- Deuteronomy 8:17You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”
- Job 1:21and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”
- Job 5:11The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
- Psalms 102:10because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
- Psalms 75:7It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
- Isaiah 2:12The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),
- James 1:9Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
- James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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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