1 Samuel 2:4

Keshet gibborim are broken, 1 and they that stumbled are girded with chayil (strength). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

In Context

3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; 1 let not atak (insolence) come out of your mouth; 1 for Hashem is El De'ot (a G-d who intensively knows), 1 and by Him alilot (actions) are weighed. 1

5They that were full have hired out themselves for lechem; 1 and they that were hungry are such no more; 1 so that the barren hath born shivah; 1 and she that hath rabbat banim withers in grief. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 37:17For the zero'ot (arms, powers) of the resha'im shall be broken; 1 but Hashem upholdeth the tzaddikim. 1

Psalms 46:10He maketh milchamot to cease unto the end of ha'aretz; 1 He breaketh the keshet (bow), and cutteth the khanit (spear); 1 He burneth the chariots in the eish. 1

Isaiah 10:4Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, 1 and they shall fall under the slain. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is upraised still. 1

Jeremiah 37:10For though ye had struck down kol chayil Kasdim (the whole army of the Chaldeans) that fight against you, and there remained but anashim medukarim (wounded men) among them, yet should they rise up every ish in his ohel, and with eish burn down HaIr hazot.

2 Corinthians 4:9Being persecuted but not forsaken, being cast down but not destroyed, + 4:9 Ps 37:24; Prov 24:16

Ephesians 6:14Stand, therefore, having girded your waist with HaEmes and having put on the breastplate of Tzedek, + 6:14 Isa 11:5; Ps 132:9; Isa 59:17

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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