1 Samuel 2:9-11
Names of God Bible
9 He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones,
but wicked people are silenced in darkness
because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
10 “Those who oppose Yahweh are broken into pieces.
He thunders at them from the heavens.
Yahweh judges the ends of the earth.
He gives strength to his King
and lifts the head of his Messiah.”[a]
11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy Samuel served Yahweh under the priest Eli.
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- 1 Samuel 2:10 Or “Anointed One.”
1 Samuel 2:9-11
New King James Version
“For by strength no man shall prevail.
10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be (C)broken in pieces;
(D)From heaven He will thunder against them.
(E)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
11 Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child [b]ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
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- 1 Samuel 2:10 Strength
- 1 Samuel 2:11 served
1 Samuel 2:9-11
English Standard Version
9 (A)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
10 (B)The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
(C)against them he will thunder in heaven.
(D)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
(E)and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
11 Then Elkanah went home (F)to Ramah. (G)And the boy[a] was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
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- 1 Samuel 2:11 Hebrew na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context
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