7Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.


In Context

4 Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.

5 The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

6 Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

7 Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

8 He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

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

1 Samuel 2:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up.