Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,

New American Standard Bible

He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

King James Version

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Holman Bible

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the garbage pile

International Standard Version

He lifts the poor person from the dust, raising the needy from the trash pile

American Standard Version

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

Amplified


He raises the poor out of the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

Bible in Basic English

He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

Darby Translation

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

Julia Smith Translation

Raising up the poor from the dust, he will lift up the needy from the dunghill.

King James 2000

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the ash heap;

Lexham Expanded Bible

[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,

Modern King James verseion

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire,

NET Bible

He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

New Heart English Bible

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

The Emphasized Bible

That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;

Webster

He raiseth the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

World English Bible

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

Youngs Literal Translation

He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He raiseth up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

out of the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

and lifteth
רוּם 
Ruwm 
Usage: 189

the needy
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

References

Easton

Fausets

Prayers for Psalm 113:7

Context Readings

God's Majesty And Care For The Needy

6 and [yet] looks upon the low things in heaven and in the earth. 7 He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill, 8 that he may set him with rulers, even with the rulers of his people.


Cross References

Psalm 107:41

Yet he sets a needy man on high from affliction, and makes [him] families like a flock.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom do thou pursue? After a dead dog, after a flea.

2 Samuel 7:8-9

Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

Job 5:11

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

Job 5:15-16

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

Job 36:6-7

He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted [their] right.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

Psalm 75:6-7

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, [comes] lifting up.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I, LORD, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish. I, LORD, have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 21:26-27

thus says lord LORD: Remove the miter, and take off the crown. This [shall be] no more the same. Exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

Daniel 12:2-3

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Luke 1:52-53

He brought down potentates from thrones, and raised up lowly men.

Acts 2:31-33

Having foreseen this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left behind in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.

Ephesians 1:20-21

which he wrought in the Christ, having raised him from the dead and seated at his right hand in the heavenly things,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 3:21-22

Which counterpart--immersion--now also saves us, not the putting away of filth of flesh, but an appeal of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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