Sinai1 Samuel 2:8
World English Bible
He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy from the dunghill
to make them sit with princes
and inherit the throne of glory.
For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s.
He has set the world on them.
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1 Samuel 2:8 in other translations
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.
1 Samuel 2:8 in context
- 6“Yahweh kills and makes alive.
He brings down to Sheol and brings up. - 7Yahweh makes poor and makes rich.
He brings low, he also lifts up. - 8He raises up the poor out of the dust.
He lifts up the needy from the dunghill
to make them sit with princes
and inherit the throne of glory.
For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s.
He has set the world on them. - 9He 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. - 10Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
He will thunder against them in the sky.
“Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.
He will give strength to his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”