1 Samuel 2:6

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

In Context

5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

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

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1 Kings 17:22And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Psalms 68:20God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

Psalms 116:3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:2-11

Hannah's Song. ( b. c. 1137.) 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord , mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that… Read the whole commentary →

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