1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

In Context

5They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease [from labor]: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.

7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, ard there is no god with me: I alone kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and no one can deliver out of my hand.

1 Kings 17:22And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived.

Job 5:18For he it is that woundeth, and bindeth up: he smiteth, and his hands do heal.

Psalms 68:20(68:21) Our God is to us the God of salvation: and by the Eternal the Lord are the escapes from death.

Psalms 116:3The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow:

Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live, my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing ye, that dwell in the dust; for a dew on herbs is thy dew, and the earth shall cast out the departed.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:2-11

Hannah's Song. ( b. c. 1137.) 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord , mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that… Read the whole commentary →

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