1 Samuel 2:9
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2:9He watches over16 his holy ones,17
but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,
for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
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- 16 Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.
- 17 The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew in reading the plural (“his holy ones”) rather than the singular (“his holy one”) of the Kethib.
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ESVEnglish 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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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;
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CSBChristian 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.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked will be destroyed in the darkness,
because a man will not prevail by his might.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He will keep the feet of his saints,
And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;
For by strength shall no man prevail.
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