1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

Geneva Bible 1599

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, are hired foorth for bread, and the hungrie are no more hired, so that the barren hath borne seuen: and shee that had many children, is feeble.

7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: I kill, and giue life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliuer out of mine hand.

1 Kings 17:22Then the Lord heard the voyce of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.

Job 5:18For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.

Psalms 68:20This is our God, euen the God that saueth vs: and to the Lord God belong the issues of death.

Psalms 116:3When the snares of death copassed me, and the griefes of the graue caught me: when I founde trouble and sorowe.

Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall liue: euen with my body shall they rise. Awake, and sing, ye that dwel in dust: for thy dewe is as the dew of herbes, and the earth shall cast out 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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