1 Samuel 2:8
He 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.
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 raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s. He has set the world on them.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the poor
- Job 2:8; Job 42:10–12; Psalm 113:7, 8; Daniel 4:17; Luke 1:51, 52
- set them
- 1 Samuel 15:17; Genesis 41:14, 40; 2 Samuel 7:8; Job 36:6, 7; Ecclesiastes 4:14; Daniel 2:48; Daniel 6:3; James 2:5; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 3:21; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 22:5
- the pillars
- Job 38:4–6; Psalm 24:2; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 104:5; Hebrews 1:3