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1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich. He brings low and He lifts up.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Barrenness;   Blessing;   God Continued...;   Hannah;   Joy;   Poetry;   Poor;   Praise;   Psalms;   Riches;   Samuel;   Satire;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Exaltation-Abasement;   Exalts, God;   God;   Hannah;   Promotion;   Rulers;   The Topic Concordance - Defense;   Glory;   God;   Poverty;   Saints;   Uplift;   Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Poor, the;   Providence of God, the;   Riches;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hannah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Exaltation;   Life;   Poor and Poverty, Theology of;   Providence of God;   Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Obed;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Justice;   Magnificat;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hannah;   Joy;   Mary;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hymn;   Magnificat;   Mary, the Virgin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Hannah;   Samuel first and second books of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Han'nah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hannah;   Intercession;   Poetry, Hebrew;   Poor;   Prayer;   Samuel, Books of;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Prayer;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for August 10;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord brings poverty and gives wealth;he humbles and he exalts.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up.
King James Version
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.
English Standard Version
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts.
New Century Version
The Lord makes some people poor, and others he makes rich. He makes some people humble, and others he makes great.
New English Translation
The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up.
New American Standard Bible
"The LORD makes poor and rich; He humbles, He also exalts.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh makes poor and rich;He brings low; He also exalts.
Contemporary English Version
Our Lord , you are the one who makes us rich or poor. You put some in high positions and bring disgrace on others.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai makes poor, and he makes rich; he humbles, and he exalts.
Darby Translation
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord makes some poor, and he makes others rich. He humbles some people, and he honors others.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he also exalts.
Good News Translation
He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great.
Literal Translation
Jehovah brings down, and He gives riches; He brings low; yea, He lifts up high.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche: He bryngeth lowe and exalteth.
American Standard Version
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord maketh poore, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth vp.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
English Revised Version
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord makith pore, and makith riche; he makith low, and reisith.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
World English Bible
Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up.
New King James Version
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
New Living Translation
The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
New Revised Standard
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth, - Layeth low, yea exalteth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart is happy in the Lord. My strength is honored in the Lord. My mouth speaks with strength against those who hate me, because I have joy in Your saving power. 2 There is no one holy like the Lord. For sure, there is no one other than You. There is no rock like our God. 3 Speak no more in your pride. Do not let proud talk come out of your mouth. For the Lord is a God Who knows. Actions are weighed by Him. 4 The bows of the powerful are broken. But the weak are dressed in strength. 5 Those who were full go out to work for bread. But those who were hungry are filled. She who could not give birth has given birth to seven. But she who has many children has become weak. 6 The Lord kills and brings to life. He brings down to the grave, and He raises up. 7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich. He brings low and He lifts up. 8 He lifts the poor from the dust. He lifts those in need from the ashes. He makes them sit with rulers and receive a seat of honor. For what holds the earth belongs to the Lord. He has set the world in its place. 9 He watches over the steps of His good people. But the sinful ones will be made quiet in darkness. For a man will not win by strength. 10 Those who fight with the Lord will be broken to pieces. He will thunder in heaven against them. The Lord will decide about all people to the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king. He will give power to His chosen one."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

maketh: Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18, Job 1:21, Job 5:11, Psalms 102:10

bringeth: Psalms 75:7, Isaiah 2:12, James 1:9, James 1:10, James 4:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:2 - General Genesis 41:14 - sent Leviticus 25:47 - sojourner or stranger wax rich Ruth 1:21 - and the 1 Samuel 15:28 - hath given 1 Samuel 30:23 - which the Lord 1 Chronicles 29:12 - riches 2 Chronicles 28:19 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 32:29 - God Job 12:9 - the hand Job 22:18 - he filled Job 36:22 - God Job 42:10 - the Lord Psalms 49:2 - General Psalms 78:71 - brought Psalms 113:7 - needy Psalms 136:23 - in our low estate Psalms 138:6 - Though Proverbs 10:22 - it Proverbs 22:2 - rich Jeremiah 49:15 - General Ezekiel 17:14 - the kingdom Ezekiel 17:24 - have brought Ezekiel 21:26 - exalt Daniel 2:21 - he removeth Daniel 9:16 - according Obadiah 1:2 - General Matthew 4:9 - I give Romans 9:17 - I raised

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15
Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work the ground and care for it.
Genesis 2:20
Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field. But there was no helper found that was right for Adam.
Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God put the man to sleep as if he were dead. And while he was sleeping, He took one of the bones from his side and closed up the place with flesh.
Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 7:22
Every thing that had the breath of life and lived on dry land died.
Numbers 16:22
But they fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with all the people?"
Numbers 27:16
"May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, choose a man to lead the people.
Job 4:19
How much more those who live in houses of clay, who build upon the dust, who are crushed like the moth!
Job 27:3
as long as life is in me, and the breath of God is in my nose,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich,.... Which is true in a natural sense of the same persons, as might be exemplified in the case of Job; and of different persons, as in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus; for both poverty and riches are of God, see

Proverbs 22:2. Poverty is of God; for though it is sometimes owing to a man's own conduct, yet that there is such a difference among men in general, that some should be poor, and others rich, is owing to the wise providence of God, that men may be dependent on one another. Riches are of God, and are the gifts of his bountiful providence; for though they are oftentimes the fruits of industry and diligence, as means, yet not always; and whenever they are, they are to be ascribed to the blessing of God attending the diligent hand. This is also true in a spiritual sense; for though spiritual poverty is owing to the fall of Adam, and to the actual sins and transgressions of men, whereby they become poor and miserable, yet all this is not without the knowledge and will of God: and it is he that makes men sensible of their poverty, and then makes them rich in spiritual things, with his own grace, and the blessings of it, with the riches of grace here, and of glory hereafter; all which flow from the good will of God, who has laid up much for his people, bestowed much on them, and entitles them to more; and which come to them through the poverty of Christ, who, though he was rich, became poor, that they through his poverty might be made rich, 2 Corinthians 8:9 he bringeth low, and lifteth up; which has been verified in the same persons, as in Job, Nebuchadnezzar, c. and in different persons, for he puts down one, and raises up another so he rejected Saul from being king, and took David from the sheepfold, debased Haman, and raised Mordecai to great dignity: and, in a spiritual sense, the Lord shows men the low estate and condition they are brought into by sin, humbles them under a sense of it, brings down their proud spirits to sit at the feet of Jesus, and to submit to him, and to his righteousness; and he lifts them up by his son out of their fallen, captive, and miserable estate, and by his Spirit and grace brings them out of the horrible pit of nature into the state of grace; sets them upon the rock Christ, and makes their mountain to stand strong by the discoveries of his love, and will at last lift them up to glory, and place them on the same throne with Christ.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:7. The Lord maketh poor — For many cannot bear affluence, and if God should continue to trust them with riches, they would be their ruin.

Maketh rich — Some he can trust, and therefore makes them stewards of his secular bounty.


 
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