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1 Samuel 2:8
New English Translation
1 Samuel 2:8
New English Translation
8 He lifts the weak[a] from the dust;
he raises[b] the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes—
he bestows on them an honored position.[c]
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord—
he placed the world on them.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:8 tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”
- 1 Samuel 2:8 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.
- 1 Samuel 2:8 tn Heb “he makes them inherit a seat of honor.”
1 Samuel 2:8
King James Version
1 Samuel 2:8
King James Version
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
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