1 Samuel 2:4
Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.
Psalms 46:10Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
Isaiah 10:4Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.
Jeremiah 37:10for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men — each in his tent — they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.'
2 Corinthians 4:9persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Ephesians 6:14Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about in truth, and having put on the breastplate of the righteousness,
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 →