1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up.

Updated King James 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 ceased: so that the barren has born seven; and she that has many children is waxed feeble.

7The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts 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: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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

Job 5:18For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.

Psalms 68:20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Isaiah 26:19Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, all of you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, 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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