Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up. New Living Translation The LORD gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up. English Standard Version The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. Berean Standard Bible The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. King James Bible The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. New King James Version “The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. New American Standard Bible “The LORD puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and brings up. NASB 1995 “The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. NASB 1977 “The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. Amplified Bible “The LORD puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave]. Christian Standard Bible The LORD brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD brings death and gives life; He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up. American Standard Version Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. Contemporary English Version You take away life, and you give life. You send people down to the world of the dead and bring them back again. English Revised Version The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The LORD kills, and he gives life. He makes [people] go down to the grave, and he raises them up [again]. Good News Translation The LORD kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again. International Standard Version The LORD kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up. Majority Standard Bible The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH puts to death, and keeps alive, "" He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah killing and giving life; bringing down to hades and bringing up. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again. New American Bible “The LORD puts to death and gives life, casts down to Sheol and brings up again. New Revised Standard Version The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIt is the LORD who makes men to die and makes alive; he brings down to Sheol and brings up. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH is he who puts to death and gives life, and he brings down to Sheol and brings up! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord kills and makes alive; he brings down to the grave, and brings up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving…5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away. 6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. 7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. Job 5:18 For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal. Job 12:10 The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind. Job 14:5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed, Job 33:4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Psalm 68:20 Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death. Psalm 104:29-30 When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. / When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. Isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things. Ezekiel 37:3-6 Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” / And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! / This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life. ... Hosea 6:1-2 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. / After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him! John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. Treasury of Scripture The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up. killeth Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 2 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. Job 5:18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. he bringeth 1 Samuel 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Jump to Previous Alive Death Keepeth Killeth Kills Life Makes Maketh Putteth Raises Sending Sheol UnderworldJump to Next Alive Death Keepeth Killeth Kills Life Makes Maketh Putteth Raises Sending Sheol Underworld1 Samuel 2 1. Hannah's song in thankfulness12. The sin of Eli's sons 18. Samuel's ministry 20. by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful 22. Eli reproves his sons 27. A prophecy against Eli's house The LORD The term "LORD" in this context is translated from the Hebrew "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature. This name is deeply significant in the Hebrew tradition, representing God's unchanging faithfulness and His sovereign authority over all creation. In the context of 1 Samuel, it underscores God's supreme power and His intimate involvement in the affairs of humanity, particularly in the life of Israel. brings death and gives life He brings down to Sheol and raises up The Babylonian Talmud on these words has a curious and interesting tradition:--"Three classes appear on the day of judgment: the perfectly righteous, who are at once written and sealed for eternal life; the thoroughly bad, who are at once written and sealed for hell: as it is written (Daniel 12:2), 'And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt;' and those in the intermediate state, who go down into hell, where they cry and howl for a time, whence they ascend again: as it is written (Zechariah 13:9), 'And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them.' It is of them Hannah said (1Samuel 2:6), 'The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth up.'"--Treatise Bosh Hashanah, fol. 16, Colossians 2. Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel brings death מֵמִ֣ית (mê·mîṯ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill and gives life; וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה (ū·mə·ḥay·yeh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive some He brings מוֹרִ֥יד (mō·w·rîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend down to Sheol, שְׁא֖וֹל (šə·’ō·wl) Noun - common singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) and others He raises up. וַיָּֽעַל׃ (way·yā·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively Links 1 Samuel 2:6 NIV1 Samuel 2:6 NLT 1 Samuel 2:6 ESV 1 Samuel 2:6 NASB 1 Samuel 2:6 KJV 1 Samuel 2:6 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 2:6 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 2:6 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 2:6 French Bible 1 Samuel 2:6 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 2:6 Yahweh kills and makes alive (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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