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1 Samuel 2:6-8

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2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;

he brings down to the grave 1  and raises up.

2:7 The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy;

he humbles and he exalts.

2:8 He lifts the weak 2  from the dust;

he raises 3  the poor from the ash heap

to seat them with princes

and to bestow on them an honored position. 4 

The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,

and he has placed the world on them.

1 tn Heb “Sheol”; NAB “the nether world”; CEV “the world of the dead.”

2 tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

3 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

4 tn Heb “a seat of honor.”



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