King James Version
1 Samuel 2:6 in the King James Version says “The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.”
1 Samuel 2:6 · KJV
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and maketh alive”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
“he bringeth down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“to the grave”
H7585hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
“and bringeth up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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