Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Holman Bible
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.
A Conservative Version
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.
Amplified
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive;
He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
Bible in Basic English
The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.
Darby Translation
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Julia Smith Translation
Jehovah killing and giving life; bringing down to hades and bringing up.
King James 2000
The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down [to] Sheol and raises up.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD killeth and maketh alive; bringeth down to hell and fetcheth up again.
NET Bible
The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
New Heart English Bible
"The LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
The Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive, - Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up:
Webster
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
World English Bible
"Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Themes
Defense » Who the lord defends
Joy » Instances of » Of hannah, when samuel was born
Missionaries » Exemplified » Hannah
Poetry » Lyrics, sacred » Hannah's song
Psalms » Of hannah, in thankfulness for a son
samuel » His mother's song of thanksgiving
Topics
Interlinear
Muwth
Chayah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hannah's Triumphant Prayer
5 Those who had an abundance of bread now hire themselves out, and those who were hungry hunger no more. While the barren woman gives birth to seven children, she who had many children languishes. 6 The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up. 7 The LORD makes people poor and he makes people rich, he brings them low, and he also exalts them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:39
"Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver.
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Am I God? Can I kill and give life? Is this man sending me a request to heal a man's leprosy? Let's think about this he's looking for a reason to start a fight with me!"
Isaiah 26:19
"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
Revelation 1:18
the living one. I was dead but look! I am alive forever and ever! I have the keys of Death and Hades.
1 Samuel 20:3
David again took an oath: "Your father certainly knows that I've found favor with you, and so he told himself, "Jonathan must not know this so he won't be upset.' But as certainly as the LORD is alive and living, and as certainly as I'm alive and living, too, there is only a step between me and death."
Job 5:18
because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.
Psalm 68:20
God is for us the God of our deliverance. The Lord GOD rescues us from death.
Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow.
Hosea 6:1-2
"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds.
Jonah 2:2-6
He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.
Matthew 12:40
because just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
John 5:25-29
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
John 11:25
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.
2 Corinthians 1:9-10
In fact, we felt that we had received a death sentence so we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.