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1 Samuel 2:4
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The bows of the warriors are broken,but the feeble are clothed with strength.
The bows of the warriors are broken,but the feeble are clothed with strength.
Hebrew Names Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength.
King James Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Lexham English Bible
The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, but those who stumble gird themselves with strength.
The bows of mighty warriors are shattered, but those who stumble gird themselves with strength.
English Standard Version
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble bind on strength.
New Century Version
"The bows of warriors break, but weak people become strong.
"The bows of warriors break, but weak people become strong.
New English Translation
The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.
The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.
Amplified Bible
"The bows of the mighty are broken, But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength.
"The bows of the mighty are broken, But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength.
New American Standard Bible
"The bows of the mighty are broken to pieces, But those who have stumbled strap on strength.
"The bows of the mighty are broken to pieces, But those who have stumbled strap on strength.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues wt strength.
The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues wt strength.
Legacy Standard Bible
The bows of the mighty are shattered,But those who stumble gird on strength.
The bows of the mighty are shattered,But those who stumble gird on strength.
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord , you break the bows of warriors, but you give strength to everyone who stumbles.
Our Lord , you break the bows of warriors, but you give strength to everyone who stumbles.
Complete Jewish Bible
The bows of the mighty are broken, while the feeble are armed with strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, while the feeble are armed with strength.
Darby Translation
The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bow of the mighty is broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Easy-to-Read Version
The bows of strong soldiers break, and weak people become strong.
The bows of strong soldiers break, and weak people become strong.
George Lamsa Translation
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that are weak are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that are weak are girded with strength.
Good News Translation
The bows of strong soldiers are broken, but the weak grow strong.
The bows of strong soldiers are broken, but the weak grow strong.
Literal Translation
Bows of the mighty are broken; and they that stumble gird on strength.
Bows of the mighty are broken; and they that stumble gird on strength.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The bowe of the mightie is broken, and the weake are gyrded aboute with strength.
The bowe of the mightie is broken, and the weake are gyrded aboute with strength.
American Standard Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength.
The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
King James Version (1611)
The vowes of the mightie men are broken, and they that stumbled are girt with strength.
The vowes of the mightie men are broken, and they that stumbled are girt with strength.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded themselves with strength.
The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded themselves with strength.
English Revised Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Berean Standard Bible
The bows of the warriors are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
The bows of the warriors are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The bouwe of strong men is ouercomun, and sijk men ben gird with strengthe.
The bouwe of strong men is ouercomun, and sijk men ben gird with strengthe.
Young's Literal Translation
Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Update Bible Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And those that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And those that stumbled are girded with strength.
Webster's Bible Translation
The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
World English Bible
The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength.
New King James Version
"The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength.
"The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength.
New Living Translation
The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong.
The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong.
New Life Bible
The bows of the powerful are broken. But the weak are dressed in strength.
The bows of the powerful are broken. But the weak are dressed in strength.
New Revised Standard
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The bow of the mighty, is dismayed, - While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
The bow of the mighty, is dismayed, - While, the fainting, are girded with strength;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are girt with strength.
The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are girt with strength.
Revised Standard Version
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength.
"The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength.
Contextual Overview
1 And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation. 2 No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God. 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged. 4 The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength. 5 Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow. 6 The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up. 7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up; 8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world. 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome. 10 Those who make war against the Lord will be broken; against them he will send his thunder from heaven: the Lord will be judge of the ends of the earth, he will give strength to his king, lifting up the horn of him on whom the holy oil has been put.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The bows: Psalms 37:15, Psalms 37:17, Psalms 46:9, Psalms 76:3
stumbled: Isaiah 10:4, Jeremiah 37:10, 2 Corinthians 4:9, 2 Corinthians 4:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 6:14, Philippians 4:13, Hebrews 11:34
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:18 - General Psalms 65:6 - girded Jeremiah 51:56 - every Luke 1:51 - he hath scattered Luke 1:52 - put
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:4
And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1
And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
And the heaven and the earth and all things in them were complete.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
Genesis 11:10
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the great flow of waters;
Genesis 25:12
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The bows of the mighty men are broken,.... Hannah, from relating gracious experiences, and celebrating, the divine perfections of holiness, omniscience, and sovereignty, passes on to take notice of the dealings of God with men in providence and grace; bows are here put for all military arms, which men of might and war make use of, and which God can easily break in pieces, and so make war to cease in the earth, and hinder warlike men from doing what they design and attempt; they are enfeebled and weakened by him, and their hands cannot perform their enterprises: so the bows of Satan, and his principalities and powers, are broken, and his fiery darts are quenched, and the people of the Lord enabled to stand against him, and wrestle with him and them, being strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, as it follows:
and they that stumbled are girt with strength; who, through weakness, are ready to stumble at everything they meet with in the way; yet, being girded with strength by the Lord, are able to do great exploits, as David did, that being his case, Psalms 18:29, so such as are weak in grace, in faith, in knowledge, and ready to stumble at every trial and exercise, let it come from what quarter it will; yet being girded by the Lord with strength, are able to exercise grace, perform duty, go through every service they are called to, whether in a way of doing or suffering, to bear the yoke and cross of Christ, to oppose every enemy, to walk on in the ways of God, and to persevere in faith and holiness to the end.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 2:4. The bows of the mighty — The Targum considers the first verse as including a prophecy against the Philistines; the second verse, against Sennacherib and his army; the third, against Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans; the fourth, against the Greeks; the fifth, against Haman and his posterity; and the tenth, against Magog, and the enemies of the Messiah.
