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1 Samuel 2:9

Protection and safetyFaithfulness and loyaltyGuidance and decisionsGod's faithfulness

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.

He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

10 Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

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BSB
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
KJV
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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.
DARBY
He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
BLB
The feet of His holy ones He will guard, and the wicked in the darkness shall be silent; for not by strength shall man prevail.
ÅB
Han verner sine frommes føtter, men ugudelige går til grunne i mørket; for ikke ved egen kraft er mannen sterk.
OTB
Han vokter sine trofastes føtter,
Men de onde skal bli tause i mørket,
For ikke ved styrke skal et menneske seire.
B1930
Han verner sine frommes føtter, men ugudelige går til grunne i mørket; for ikke ved egen kraft er mannen sterk.

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