1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel 2:9 in other translations
| BSB | He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail. |
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| WEB | He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength. |
| ASV | He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. |
| YLT | The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty. |
| DARBY | He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. |
| BBE | He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome. |
| Webster | He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. |
What does 1 Samuel 2:9 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:1-10
Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lord, and in expectation of His coming, who is the whole salvation of his people. The strong are soon weakened, and the weak are soon strengthened, when God pleases. Are we poor? God made us poor, which is a good reason why we should be content, and make up our minds to our…
1 Samuel 2:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:9
- Psalms 91:11-12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Psalms 33:16-17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
- 1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
- Psalms 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
- Psalms 37:28
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Psalms 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- Psalms 37:23-24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 5:24; Ps 37:23,24; 91:11,12; 94:18; 121:3,5,8; Pr 16:9; 1Pe 1:5
his saints.
De 33:3; Ps 37:28; 97:10; Pr 2:8; Jude 1:1,3
be silent.
Job 5:16; Ec 5:17; Jer 8:14; Zep 1:15; Mt 8:12; 22:12,13; Ro 3:19
2Pe 2:17; Jude 1:13
by strength.
17:49,50; Ps 33:16,17; Ec 9:11; Jer 9:23; Zec 4:6
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 2:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El guarda los pies de sus santos, mas los impíos perecen en tinieblas; porque nadie será fuerte por su fuerza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il garde les pieds de ses saints, et les méchants se taisent dans les ténèbres; car l’homme ne prévaut pas par sa force. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Füße seiner Frommen bewahrt er, aber die Gesetzlosen verstummen in Finsternis; denn nicht durch Stärke hat der Mensch die Oberhand. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Pedes sanctorum suorum servabit, et impii in tenebris conticescent: quia non in fortitudine sua roborabitur vir. |