9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, because no man shall prevail by his own strength.


In Context

6 The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.

7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth.

8 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, because no man shall prevail by his own strength.

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens. The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.

11 And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:9He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails;

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9He 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9He 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.