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1 Samuel 2:8  New International Version

8 He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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Cross references

  1. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Ps 113:7-8
  2. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Jas 2:5
  3. 1 Samuel 2:8 : 1Ki 16:2
  4. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Ps 72:12; 107:41; 145:14; 146:8; S Mt 23:12
  5. 1 Samuel 2:8 : 2Sa 7:8; Job 36:7; Isa 22:23; Eze 21:26
  6. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 15:7; 38:4; Ps 104:5; Pr 8:29; Isa 40:12; Jer 10:12
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1 Samuel 2:8  New King James Version

8 (A)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
(B)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.

(C)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.

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Cross references

  1. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 42:10–12; Ps. 75:7; 113:7; Luke 1:52
  2. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 36:7; Ps. 113:8
  3. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 38:4–6; Ps. 75:3; 104:5
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