Parallel Verses

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

A Conservative Version

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

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 who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth! 7 He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

Cross References

Psalm 107:41

Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and lifts up.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea?

2 Samuel 7:8-9

Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my slave David, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd to scratch himself with, and he was sitting among the ashes.

Job 5:11

who sets up the humble on high, that those who mourn may be lifted up with saving health.

Job 5:15-16

But he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent.

Job 36:6-7

He shall not give life to the wicked; but to the poor he shall give their right.

Psalm 22:15

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psalm 75:6-7

For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live, and together with my body they shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the covering of light, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Ezekiel 17:24

And all the trees of the field shall know that I the 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 the LORD have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 21:26-27

thus hath the Lord GOD said: Remove the diadem and take off the crown; it shall no longer be like this; I will exalt the one that is low and abase the one that is high.

Daniel 12:2-3

And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.

Luke 1:52-53

He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the humble.

Acts 2:31-33

he, seeing this before, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left in Hades, neither did his flesh see corruption.

Ephesians 1:20-21

which operated in the Christ, raising him from the dead and setting him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world that they might be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those that love him?

1 Peter 3:21-22

Unto the figure of which the baptism that does now correspond saves us (not taking away the uncleanness of the flesh, but giving testimony of a good conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ,

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