King James Version
1 Samuel 2:9 in the King James Version says “He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.”
1 Samuel 2:9 · KJV
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.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“He will keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“in darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“shall be silent”
H1826to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for by strength”
H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
“shall no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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