1 Samuel 2:6 “The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and rais…”

1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.

American Standard Version

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

Darby Translation

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

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Cross references

“killeth”

Deuteronomy 32:39 2 Kings 5:7 Job 5:18 Revelation 1:18 John 5:25–29 John 11:25

Deuteronomy 32:39 · BSB

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

2 Kings 5:7 · BSB

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

Job 5:18 · BSB

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Revelation 1:18 · BSB

the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

John 5:25–29 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 11:25 · BSB

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

“he bringeth”

Isaiah 26:19 Jonah 2:2–6 1 Samuel 20:3 Psalm 116:3 Matthew 12:40 2 Corinthians 1:9

Isaiah 26:19 · BSB

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Jonah 2:2–6 · BSB

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

1 Samuel 20:3 · BSB

But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, th…

Psalm 116:3 · BSB

The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Matthew 12:40 · BSB

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.

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