1 Samuel 2:7 “The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.”

1 Samuel 2:7

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

World English Bible

The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

American Standard Version

Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.

Darby Translation

Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich, he bringeth low, also he lifteth up:

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

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Cross references

“maketh”

Job 5:11 Job 1:21 Psalm 102:10 Deuteronomy 8:17 Deuteronomy 8:18

Job 5:11 · BSB

He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.

Job 1:21 · BSB

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Psalm 102:10 · BSB

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Deuteronomy 8:17 · BSB

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

Deuteronomy 8:18 · BSB

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

“bringeth”

Psalm 75:7 James 4:10 Isaiah 2:12 James 1:9 James 1:10

Psalm 75:7 · BSB

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

James 4:10 · BSB

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Isaiah 2:12 · BSB

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

James 1:9 · BSB

The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.

James 1:10 · BSB

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

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

In context

6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

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