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


In Context

6 "The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave 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 with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the Lord 's; upon them he has set the world.

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

10 those who oppose the Lord will be shattered. He will thunder against them from heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest.

1st Samuel 2:9 in Other Translations

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.