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 He bends down (humbles himself) to look at heaven and earth. 7 He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 He seats them with important people, with the leaders (princes) of his people.


Cross References

Psalm 107:41

He lifts needy people high above suffering and makes their families like flocks.

1 Samuel 2:7-8

Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high.

1 Samuel 24:14

Why should the king of Israel be out chasing me, anyway? I am as worthless as a dead dog or a flea.

2 Samuel 7:8-9

Say this to my servant David: 'This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel.

Job 2:8

Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.

Job 5:11

He sets on high the lowly people. He lifts those who mourn to safety.

Job 5:15-16

He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty.

Job 36:6-7

He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

Psalm 22:15

My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

Psalm 75:6-7

There is no exaltation from the east, or from the west, or from the desert.

Isaiah 26:19

But your dead will live. Their bodies will rise. You, who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

Ezekiel 17:24

Every tree in the forest will know that I, Jehovah, can bring down tall trees and help short ones grow. I dry up green trees and make dry ones green. I, Jehovah, have spoken, and I will keep my word.'

Ezekiel 21:26-27

I, the Lord Jehovah, have spoken. Take off your crown and your turban. Nothing will be the same again. Raise the poor to power! Bring down those who are ruling! Bring low the high one.

Daniel 12:2-3

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Luke 1:52-53

He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the humble.

Acts 2:31-33

He seeing this before spoke about the resurrection of Christ. That he would not be left in the grave and his flesh did not see corruption.

Ephesians 1:20-21

He operated in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places.

James 2:5

Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 3:21-22

This was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God for a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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