1 Samuel 2:9
New International Version
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;

New Living Translation
“He will protect his faithful ones, but the wicked will disappear in darkness. No one will succeed by strength alone.

English Standard Version
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

Berean Standard Bible
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

King James Bible
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

New King James Version
He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.

New American Standard Bible
“He watches over the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a person prevail.

NASB 1995
“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.

NASB 1977
“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.

Legacy Standard Bible
He keeps the feet of His holy ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness, For not by power shall a man prevail.

Amplified Bible
“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones, But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness; For a man shall not prevail by might.

Christian Standard Bible
He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a man does not prevail by his own strength.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He shall keep the feet of his pure ones and the wicked shall be silenced in darkness, because it is not by his power that a mighty man is empowered!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.

Contemporary English Version
You protect your loyal people, but everyone who is evil will die in darkness. We cannot win a victory by our own strength.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.

Good News Translation
"He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.

International Standard Version
He guards the steps of his faithful ones, while the wicked are made silent in darkness. He grants the request of the one who prays. He blesses the year of the righteous. Indeed it's not by strength that a person prevails.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
He keeps the feet of His saints, | And the wicked are silent in darkness, | For man does not become mighty by power.

Majority Standard Bible
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

New American Bible
He guards the footsteps of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall perish in the darkness; for not by strength does one prevail.

NET Bible
He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails.

New Revised Standard Version
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness; for not by might does one prevail.

New Heart English Bible
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness. For no man will prevail by strength.

Webster's Bible Translation
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

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Context
Hannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving
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. 9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail. 10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”…

Cross References
Matthew 8:12
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are shielded by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Numbers 6:24
May the LORD bless you and keep you;

Psalm 31:17
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called on You. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them lie silent in Sheol.

Psalm 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 33:17
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Psalm 37:23
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.


Treasury of Scripture

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

will keep

Job 5:24
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

Psalm 37:23,24
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way…

Psalm 91:11,12
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways…

his saints

Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

Psalm 37:28
For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Psalm 97:10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

be silent

Job 5:16
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Jeremiah 8:14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

by strength

1 Samuel 17:49,50
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth…

Psalm 33:16,17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength…

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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1 Samuel 2
1. Hannah's song in thankfulness
12. The sin of Eli's sons
18. Samuel's ministry
20. by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful
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(9) He will keep the feet.--This was the comforting deduction Hannah drew from the circumstances of her life: this the grave moral reflection the Spirit of the Lord bade her put down for the support and solace of all true servants of the Eternal in coming ages. Seeing that Jehovah of Israel governs the world, the righteous have nothing really to fear; it is only the wicked and rebellious who have reason to be afraid. The Babylonian Talmud has the following comment on these words:--"If any man has passed the greater part of his years without sin, he will sin no more. If a man has been able to resist the same temptation once or twice, he will sin no more; for it is said (1Samuel 2:9), 'He will keep the feet of his saints.'"--Treatise Yoma, fol. 38, Colossians 2.

By strength shall no man prevail.--The same thought is expressed very grandly by the prophet, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4:6). The Holy Ghost, in one of the sublime visions of St. Paul, taught the suffering apostle the same great truth, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2Corinthians 12:9).

Verse 9. - The feet of his saints. The Hebrews written text (ch'tib) has his saint, sing.; but the word really means not saint, i.e. one sanctified and holy, but pious, i.e. one lovingly disposed towards God. The sense, therefore, is not affected by the number, but the sing. is more forcible "He will guard the steps, the earthly course, of each one that loveth him;" while over against this watchful providence, ever exerted for the safe keeping of all who love the light, stands God's punitive justice, whereby the wicked are finally brought down to the dark silence of the grave. For they had only human strength and prowess upon which to depend, and no man can sustain himself in the manifold conflict of life without help from above.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He guards
יִשְׁמֹ֔ר (yiš·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the steps
רַגְלֵ֤י (raḡ·lê)
Noun - fdc
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

of His faithful ones,
חֲסִידָיו֙ (ḥă·sî·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2623: Kind, pious

but the wicked
וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים (ū·rə·šā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

perish
יִדָּ֑מּוּ (yid·dām·mū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

in darkness;
בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (ba·ḥō·šeḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

by his own strength
בְכֹ֖חַ (ḇə·ḵō·aḥ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

shall no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

man
אִֽישׁ׃ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

prevail.
יִגְבַּר־ (yiḡ·bar-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1396: To be strong, to prevail, act insolently


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