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1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Barrenness;   Blessing;   Hannah;   Joy;   Poetry;   Praise;   Pride;   Psalms;   Samuel;   Satire;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hannah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bow, the;   Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hophni and Phinehas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hannah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 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;   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;   Prayer;   Samuel, Books of;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Didascalia;   Hasmoneans;   Macedonia;   Prayer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
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.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
Good News Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.
Bible in Basic English
The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
"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.
New Life Bible
The bows of the powerful are broken. But the weak are dressed in strength.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
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.

Contextual Overview

1 Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord ; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in my victory. 2 "There is no Holy One like the Lord , no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength. 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are fat with spoil. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn. 6 The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. 7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts. 8 He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord 's, and on them he has set the world. 9 "He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might does one prevail. 10 The Lord ! His adversaries shall be shattered; the Most High will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king, and exalt the power of his anointed."

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
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,
Genesis 1:4
And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude.
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.
Genesis 5:1
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.
Genesis 10:1
These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 11:10
These are the descendants of Shem. When Shem was one hundred years old, he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood;
Genesis 25:12
These are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave-girl, bore to Abraham.

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.


 
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