Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Holman Bible
but the wicked perish in darkness,
for a man does not prevail by his own strength.
International Standard Version
He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.
A Conservative Version
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness, for by strength no man shall prevail.
American Standard Version
He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Amplified
“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones,
But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness;
For a man shall not prevail by might.
Bible in Basic English
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
Darby Translation
He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Julia Smith Translation
He will watch the feet of the merciful and the unjust shall be silent in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.
King James 2000
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness, because a man will not prevail by [his] might.
Modern King James verseion
He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He will keep the feet of his saints but the wicked shall keep silence in darkness. For in his own might shall no man be strong.
NET Bible
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.
New Heart English Bible
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness. For no man shall prevail by strength.
The Emphasized Bible
The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent, - For, by strength, shall no man prevail.
Webster
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
World English Bible
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
Youngs Literal Translation
The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
Themes
Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave
Defense » Who the lord defends
Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the saints
Feet » Of saints » Kept by God
Joy » Instances of » Of hannah, when samuel was born
Missionaries » Exemplified » Hannah
Poetry » Lyrics, sacred » Hannah's song
Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Keeping their feet
Psalms » Of hannah, in thankfulness for a son
The righteous » Saints » The feet of
Saints » Death of » The feet of
samuel » Life summarized » A wonderful childhood
samuel » His mother's song of thanksgiving
Topics
Interlinear
Chaciyd
Damam
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hannah's Triumphant Prayer
8
He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts 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 has set the world upon them.
9
Names
Cross References
Psalm 33:16-17
The king is not saved by the multitude of the army; the mighty man does not escape by much strength.
Psalm 91:11-12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keeps thee will not slumber.
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
1 Peter 1:5
who are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.
Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the peoples; all his saints are in thy hand; they also united at thy feet; they received thy words.
1 Samuel 17:49-50
And David put his hand in his bag and took a stone from there and slang it and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone remained sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Psalm 37:23-24
Mem The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he delights in his way.
Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 94:18
When I said, My foot slips, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Job 5:16
Who is the hope of the poor, and iniquity closes her mouth.
Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent, and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin.
Psalm 97:10
Ye that love the LORD are to hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 121:5
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psalm 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Proverbs 2:8
keeping the paths of judgment and the way of his merciful ones.
Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man devises his way, but the LORD directs his steps.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
In addition to this, all the days of his life he shall eat in darkness, with much wrath and pain and sorrow sickness.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of prudence, nor yet grace to men of eloquence; but time and chance happens to them all.
Jeremiah 8:14
Upon what shall we secure ourselves? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence and given us water of gall to drink because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus hath the LORD said, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Zechariah 4:6
Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, said the LORD of the hosts.
Matthew 22:12-13
and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that all that the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may submit themselves unto God.
2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, clouds that are brought by a whirlwind, to whom gross darkness is reserved for ever.
Jude 1:1
Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are called, sanctified in God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:
Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly persevere in the faith which was given once unto the saints.
Jude 1:13
raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own abominations; erratic stars, to whom is reserved gross darkness eternally.