Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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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, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them. 9 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. 10 The LORD's adversaries shall be made to fear him: and out of heaven he shall thunder upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the world, and shall give might unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
Names
Cross References
Psalm 33:16-17
There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered 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, and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
Matthew 8:12
And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
1 Peter 1:5
which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,
Deuteronomy 33:3
How loved he the people? All his saints are in his hand. They shall set themselves down at thy feet, and receive of thy words.
1 Samuel 17:49-50
And David put his hand in his poke and took out a stone and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell groveling to the earth.
Psalm 37:23-24
The LORD ordereth a good man's going, and hath pleasure in his way.
Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.
Psalm 94:18
When I said, "My foot hath slipped, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."
Job 5:16
that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.
Job 5:24
Yea, thou shalt know that thy dwelling place shall be in rest: thou shalt behold thy substance, and be no more punished for sin.
Psalm 97:10
O ye that love the LORD, see that ye hate the thing which is evil. The LORD preserveth the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly.
Psalm 121:5
The LORD himself is thy keeper; the LORD is thy defense upon thy righthand,
Psalm 121:8
The LORD preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.
Proverbs 2:8
He keepeth them in the right path, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.
Proverbs 16:9
A man deviseth a way in his heart; but it is the LORD that ordereth his goings.
Ecclesiastes 5:17
All the days of his life also must he eat in the dark, with great carefulness, sickness and sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
So I turned me unto other things under the Sun, and I saw that in running it helpeth not to be swift; in battle it helpeth not to be strong; to feeding it helpeth not to be wise; to riches, it helpeth not to be suttle; to be had in favour, it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in time and fortune.
Jeremiah 8:14
Why prolong we the time? Let us gather ourselves together, and go into the strong city; there shall we be in rest. For the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water mixed with gall to drink: because we have sinned against him.
Jeremiah 9:23
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.
Zephaniah 1:15
For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day,
Zechariah 4:6
He answered, and said unto me, 'This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying: Neither through a host of men, nor through strength, but through my spirit, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Matthew 22:12-13
and said unto him, 'Friend, how fortuned it that thou camest in hither, and hast not on a wedding garment?' And he was even speechless.
Romans 3:19
Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,
2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
Jude 1:1
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, the brother of James. To them which are called and sanctified in God the father, and preserved in Christ Jesus.
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, to exhort you, that ye should continually labour in the faith, which was once given unto the saints.
Jude 1:13
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.