1 Samuel 2:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the dunghill, to sit with princes, and make them inherit a throne of esteem. For the supports of the earth belong to יהוה, and He has set the world upon them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, And he hath set the world upon them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with nobles and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He has set the world upon them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.

Common English Bible

⁸ God raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy from the garbage pile. God sits them with officials, gives them the seat of honor! The pillars of the earth belong to the LORD; he set the world on top of them!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.

1 Samuel 2:8 Cross References

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Yosĕ

Genesis 41:40

“Be over my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my people shall kiss – only in the throne I am greater than you.”

2 Samuel 7:8

“And now, say to My servant Dawiḏ

1 Kings 16:2

“Because I raised you up out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 9:6

And he rose up and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “Thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Job 1:21

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I return there. יהוה  has given, and יהוה  has taken away. Blessed be the Name of יהוה.”

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Psalm 102:25

“You did found the earth of old, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 104:5

He established the earth on its foundations, So that it would not totter forever,

Psalm 107:41

But He raises the poor up from affliction, And makes their clans like a flock.

Psalm 24:2

For He has founded it upon the seas, And upon the waters He does establish it.

Psalm 75:3

“The earth and all its inhabitants are melted; It is I who set its columns firm. Selah.

Psalm 75:4

“I said to the boasters, ‘Do not boast,’ And to the wrong, ‘Do not lift up the horn.

Psalm 75:7

But Elohim is the Judge – He puts down one, And exalts another.

Ecclesiastes 4:14

For he comes out of prison to be sovereign, although in his reign he was born poor.

Isaiah 22:23

‘And I shall fasten him like a peg in a steadfast place, and he shall become a throne of esteem to his father’s house.

Daniel 2:48

Then the sovereign made Dani’ĕ

Daniel 4:17

‘This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the command by the word of the set-apart ones, so that the living know that the Most High is ruler in the reign of men, and gives it to whomever He wishes, and sets over it the lowest of men.’

Daniel 6:3

Then this Dani’ĕ

Hebrews 1:3

who being the brightness of the esteem and the exact representation of His substance, and sustaining all by the word of His power, having made a cleansing of our sins through Himself, sat down at the right hand of the Greatness on high,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 1:6

and has made us sovereigns and priests to His Elohim and Father, to Him be esteem and rule forever and ever. Amĕ

Revelation 22:5

And night shall be no more, and they shall have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because יהוה  Elohim shall give them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Revelation 3:21

“To him who overcomes I shall give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Revelation 5:10

and made us sovereigns and priests to our Elohim, and we shall reign upon the earth.”

1 Samuel 15:17

And Shemu’ĕ