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.


In Context

6 |Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

7 Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

8 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.

9 He 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.

10 Those 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.|

11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli 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 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 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.