Verse 7
1 Samuel 2:7
Bible in Basic English
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The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִ֣ישׁ וּ/מַעֲשִׁ֑יר מַשְׁפִּ֖יל אַף מְרוֹמֵֽם
English Translation
The LORD gives inheritance and enriches; He humbles and raises up.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in t...
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2
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God (Elohim) but you: there is no Rock like our...
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3
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a...
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4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
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5
Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at res...
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6
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.
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7
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
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Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their...
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9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night,...
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10
Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heave...
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11
Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the dire...
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12
Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
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13
And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant c...
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14
This he put into the pot, and everything which came up on the hook the priest took for himself. This...
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15
And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man wh...
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16
And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the ser...
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17
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's...
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18
But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
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19
And his mother made him a little robe and took it to him every year when she came with her husband f...
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20
And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by...
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21
And the Lord had mercy on Hannah and she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the young S...
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22
Now Eli was very old; and he had news from time to time of what his sons were doing to all Israel.
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23
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your...
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24
No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
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25
If one man does wrong to another, God (Elohim) will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the...
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26
And the young Samuel, becoming older, had the approval of the Lord and of men.
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27
And a man of God (Elohim) came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by yo...
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28
Did I take him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest and to go up to my altar to make the...
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29
Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word...
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30
For this reason the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your...
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31
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
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32
And never again will there be an old man in your family.
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33
But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief...
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34
And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will over...
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35
And I will make a true priest for myself, one who will do what is in my heart and in my mind: and I...
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36
Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his k...
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