Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them. 9 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. 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in heaven: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth; And he will give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 33:16-17
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalm 91:11-12
For he will 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 keepeth thee will not slumber.
Matthew 8:12
but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
1 Peter 1:5
who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every one'shall receive of thy words.
1 Samuel 17:49-50
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Psalm 37:23-24
A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Psalm 37:28
For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalm 94:18
When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
Psalm 97:10
O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 121:5
Jehovah is thy keeper: Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psalm 121:8
Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Proverbs 2:8
That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
Proverbs 3:26
For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
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 understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith Jehovah, 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 spake unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Matthew 22:12-13
and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
Jude 1:13
Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever.