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1 Samuel 2

1 Sam. 2:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hec raiseth up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
out of the dust
`aphar (Hebrew #6083)
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
KJV usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
Pronounce: aw-fawr'
Origin: from 6080
, and lifteth up
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
the beggar
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
from the dunghill
'ashpoth (Hebrew #830)
or (contraction) shphoth {shef-ohth'}; plural of a noun of the same form as 827, from 8192 (in the sense of scraping); a heap of rubbish or filth
KJV usage: dung (hill).
Pronounce: ash-pohth'
Origin: or uashpowth {ash-pohth'}
, to set
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
them among princes
nadiyb (Hebrew #5081)
properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)
KJV usage: free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing ((hearted)).
Pronounce: naw-deeb'
Origin: from 5068
, and to make them inherit
nachal (Hebrew #5157)
to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instate
KJV usage: divide, have ((inheritance)), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).
Pronounce: naw-khal'
Origin: a primitive root
the throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
of glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
: for the pillars
matsuwq (Hebrew #4690)
from 6693; something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop
KJV usage: pillar, situate.
Pronounce: maw-tsook'
Origin: or matsuq {maw-tsook'}
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
are the Lord’s
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and he hath set
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
e the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
upon them.
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Psa. 113:7‑8• 7He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
 8To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)
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Dan. 4:17• 17{i}This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.{/i} (Dan. 4:17)
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Psa. 102:25• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands. (Psa. 102:25)

More on:

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Beggars,
Dust,
Earth,
Glory,
Pillar,
Poor,
Prince; Princess,
The World,
Throne

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the poor.
Job 2:8• 8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he was sitting among the ashes. (Job 2:8)
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Job 42:10‑12• 10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold.
 11And there came unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintance, and ate bread with him in his house, and condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil which Jehovah had brought upon him; and they gave him each a kesitah, and each a ring of gold.
 12And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. (Job 42:10‑12)
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Psa. 113:7‑8• 7He raiseth from the dust the poor one;{HR}From the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,
 8To set with rulers, with nobles of his people. (Psa. 113:7‑8)
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Dan. 4:17• 17{i}This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.{/i} (Dan. 4:17)
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Luke 1:51‑52• 51He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:51‑52)
set them.
1 Sam. 15:17• 17And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel? (1 Sam. 15:17)
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Gen. 41:14,40• 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hastened his exit [made him run] out of the dungeon; and he shaved, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh.
 40Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people order themselves: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. (Gen. 41:14,40)
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2 Sam. 7:8• 8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people over Israel: (2 Sam. 7:8)
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Job 36:6‑7• 6He letteth not the ungodly live,{HR}And giveth the afflicted their right.
 7He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous,{HR}And with kings on the throne, yea,{HR}He establisheth them forever,{HR}And they are exalted. (Job 36:6‑7)
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Eccl. 4:14• 14For out of prison he came forth to be the king;{HR}Yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor. (Eccl. 4:14)
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Dan. 2:48• 48{i}Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.{/i} (Dan. 2:48)
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Dan. 6:3• 3{i}Now this Daniel surpassed the presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole realm.{/i} (Dan. 6:3)
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James 2:5• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him? (James 2:5)
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Rev. 1:6• 6and he made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him {i}be{/i} the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Rev. 1:6)
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Rev. 3:21• 21He that overcometh, I will give him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father in his throne. (Rev. 3:21)
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Rev. 5:10• 10and hast made them to our God kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth. (Rev. 5:10)
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Rev. 22:5• 5And there shall be no night [there] and no need of lamp and sunlight; for the Lord God will illumine them: and they shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 22:5)
the pillars.
Job 38:4‑6• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth?{HR}Declare if thou hast understanding.
 5Who fixed its measure that thou shouldest know,{HR}Or who stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereon are its sockets sunken,{HR}Or who laid down its corner-stone, (Job 38:4‑6)
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Psa. 24:2• 2For he hath founded it upon the seas,{HR}And upon the rivers he establisheth it. (Psa. 24:2)
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Psa. 102:25• 25Of old hast thou founded the earth,{HR}And the heavens [are] the work of thy hands. (Psa. 102:25)
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Psa. 104:5• 5He founded earth on its bases:{HR}It shall not be removed ever and ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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Heb. 1:3• 3who being effulgence of his glory and expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] purification of our sins sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, (Heb. 1:3)
• This was what Israel, poor and fallen, and a feeble remnant waiting for Jehovah, needed to learn; that is, that everything hung upon God and God alone, who did not seek for power in man. (“1 Samuel 2” by J.N. Darby)
• On His grace and power He has established the entire order of created things. (“1 Samuel 2:1-11” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set him among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earthe are Jehovah’s, and he hath set the worldf upon them.

JND Translation Notes

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Erets, "land" or "country."
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Tebel, "habitable earth." see Prov. 8.31.

W. Kelly Translation

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,{HR}And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,{HR}To set them among princes,{HR}And to make them inherit the throne of glory:{HR}For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s,{HR}And He hath set the world upon them.