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1 Samuel 2:6

God's power and sovereigntyDeath and lossEternal life

4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

5 The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

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BSB
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
KJV
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
WEB
“The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
ASV
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
DARBY
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
BLB
YHWH kills and keeps alive; He brings down to Sheol and He raises up.
ÅB
Herren døder og gjør levende; han fører ned i dødsriket og fører opp derfra.
OTB
Herren bringer død og gir liv;
Han fører ned til graven og reiser opp.
B1930
Herren døder og gjør levende; han fører ned i dødsriket og fører op derfra.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

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  • Isaiah 26:19

    Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

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  • Jonah 2:2–6

    saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

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  • 2 Kings 5:7

    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

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  • Job 5:18

    For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

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  • Revelation 1:18

    the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

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  • John 5:25–29

    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

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  • John 11:25

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

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