Hannah’s Prayer of Thanksgiving
1 Samuel 2:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- KJV
- He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- WEB
- He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
- ASV
- 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.
- LSV
- He keeps the feet of His saints, || And the wicked are silent in darkness, || For man does not become mighty by power.
- YLT
- The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
- DBY
- He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- DRC
- 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.
- GNV
- Hee will keepe the feete of his Saintes, and the wicked shall keepe silence in darkenes: for in his owne might shall no man be strong.
- JPS
- He will keep the feet of His holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.
- LXXE
- granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.
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- Written (Ketiv): חֲסִידוֹ (“faithful [person] his”). Read aloud (Qere): חֲסִידָיו֙ (“faithful [people] his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads חֲסִידָו֙; read aloud (Qere) reads חֲסִידָיו֙ (“faithful [people] his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- רַגְלֵ֤י חסידו יִשְׁמֹ֔ר וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יִדָּ֑מּוּ כִּֽי־לֹ֥א בְכֹ֖חַ יִגְבַּר־אִֽישׁ׃Read aloud as (qere): חֲסִידָיו֙
- LXX-Br
- διδοὺς εὐχὴν τῷ εὐχομένῳ· καὶ εὐλόγησεν ἔτη δικαίου, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν ἰσχύϊ δυνατὸς ἀνήρ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 91:11–12For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
- Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- Psalms 33:16–17No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Psalms 97:10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
- Job 5:24You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
- Psalms 94:18If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.
- Zechariah 4:6So 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
- Psalms 37:23–24The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
- Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
- Zephaniah 1:15That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- Proverbs 3:26for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
- 2 Peter 2:17These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).