Verse 7

1 Samuel 2:7

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7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth 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.

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Chapter 2 Context

1 And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth i... Focus ↗

2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our Go... Focus ↗

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God (E... Focus ↗

4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength. Focus ↗

5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased to hu... Focus ↗

6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. Focus ↗

7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit... Focus ↗

9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by s... Focus ↗

10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jeh... Focus ↗

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the pries... Focus ↗

12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah. Focus ↗

13 And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’... Focus ↗

14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the... Focus ↗

15 Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give... Focus ↗

16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as thy soul... Focus ↗

17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jeh... Focus ↗

18 But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. Focus ↗

19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came u... Focus ↗

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the petitio... Focus ↗

21 And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child... Focus ↗

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with... Focus ↗

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. Focus ↗

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress. Focus ↗

25 If one man sin against another, God (Elohim) shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who... Focus ↗

26 And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men. Focus ↗

27 And there came a man of God (Elohim) unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal m... Focus ↗

28 and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to b... Focus ↗

29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and... Focus ↗

30 Therefore Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of... Focus ↗

31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there... Focus ↗

32 And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God (Elohim) shall gi... Focus ↗

33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and... Focus ↗

34 And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in... Focus ↗

35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and i... Focus ↗

36 And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him fo... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 2 (36 verses)
Version: American Standard Version Byzantine Text

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