1 Samuel 2:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones; but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might shall a man prevail. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He will keep the feet of his saints, And the wicked shall be silent in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will guard the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked shall be silenced and perish in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. American Standard Version (1901) He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. Common English Bible God guards the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked die in darkness because no one succeeds by strength alone. Catholic Public Domain Version He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness: because no man shall prevail by his own strength. |
Hide them all in the dust together; bind their faces in the world below.
You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Then he led forth Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.
The Lord preserves all who love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.
Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on thee; let the wicked be put to shame, let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
When I thought, “My foot slips,” thy steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.
The Lord loves those who hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
and spent all his days in darkness and grief, in much vexation and sickness and resentment?
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest any one harm it, I guard it night and day;
Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the mistress of kingdoms.
Why do we sit still? Gather together, let us go into the fortified cities and perish there; for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish, and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
But with an overflowing flood he will make a full end of his adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.”
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Yea, he loved his people; all those consecrated to him were in his hand; so they followed in thy steps, receiving direction from thee,
who by God's power are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved for ever.
Beloved, being very eager to write to you of our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.