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No one will succeed by strength alone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He keeps the feet of His holy ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness, For not by power shall a man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones, But the wicked ones are silenced <i>and</i> perish in darkness; For a man shall not prevail by might.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a man does not prevail by his own strength. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You protect your loyal people, but everyone who is evil will die in darkness. We cannot win a victory by our own strength. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He keeps the feet of His saints, "" And the wicked are silent in darkness, "" For man does not become mighty by power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He will watch the feet of the merciful and the unjust shall be silent in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He guards the footsteps of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall perish in the darkness; for not by strength does one prevail. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He will guard the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for not by his own strength shall a mighty man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />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!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/2-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=378" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Hannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>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. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: yiš·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">He guards</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lê (N-fdc) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">the steps</a> <a href="/hebrew/2623.htm" title="2623: ḥă·sī·ḏō (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Kind, pious. From chacad; properly, kind, i.e. pious.">of His faithful ones,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: ū·rə·šā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">but the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/1826.htm" title="1826: yid·dām·mū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- A prim root; to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish.">perish</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822: ba·ḥō·šeḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From chashak; the dark; hence darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.">in darkness;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: ḇə·ḵō·aḥ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">by his own strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">shall no</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1396.htm" title="1396: yiḡ·bar- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be strong, mighty. A primitive root; to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently.">prevail.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Those 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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-23.htm">Psalm 37:23-24</a></span><br />The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. / Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Psalm 91:11-12</a></span><br />For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. / They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/121-3.htm">Psalm 121:3</a></span><br />He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-26.htm">Proverbs 3:26</a></span><br />for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29-31</a></span><br />He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Isaiah 54:17</a></span><br />No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">Jeremiah 10:23</a></span><br />I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-22.htm">Daniel 6:22</a></span><br />My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm">Zechariah 4:6</a></span><br />So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-29.htm">Matthew 10:29-31</a></span><br />Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. / And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. / So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-20.htm">Matthew 28:20</a></span><br />and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Luke 1:52-53</a></span><br />He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. / He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a></span><br />I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-31.htm">Romans 8:31-39</a></span><br />What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? / He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things? / Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.</p><p class="hdg">will keep</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-24.htm">Job 5:24</a></b></br> And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle <i>shall be</i> in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-23.htm">Psalm 37:23,24</a></b></br> The steps of a <i>good</i> man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/91-11.htm">Psalm 91:11,12</a></b></br> For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways… </p><p class="hdg">his saints</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Deuteronomy 33:3</a></b></br> Yea, he loved the people; all his saints <i>are</i> in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; <i>every one</i> shall receive of thy words.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Psalm 97:10</a></b></br> Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.</p><p class="hdg">be silent</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-16.htm">Job 5:16</a></b></br> So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:17</a></b></br> All his days also he eateth in darkness, and <i>he hath</i> much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Jeremiah 8:14</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">by strength</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">1 Samuel 17:49,50</a></b></br> And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang <i>it</i>, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Psalm 33:16,17</a></b></br> There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:11</a></b></br> I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race <i>is</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/ruth/3-10.htm">End</a> <a href="/exodus/23-1.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-6.htm">Keepeth</a> <a href="/judges/5-29.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-4.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/ruth/3-13.htm">Night</a> <a href="/judges/21-10.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-13.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/judges/16-19.htm">Power</a> <a href="/judges/16-5.htm">Prevail</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/judges/3-19.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/judges/18-19.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-4.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-16.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-10.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-35.htm">End</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-6.htm">Evil-Doers</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-11.htm">Keepeth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-3.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-5.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm">Night</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-9.htm">Prevail</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-41.htm">Saints</a> <a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Silenced</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">Wicked</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Hannah's song in thankfulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">The sin of Eli's sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">Samuel's ministry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-20.htm">by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Eli reproves his sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">A prophecy against Eli's house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, "faithful ones" refers to those who live in accordance with God's commandments and maintain a covenant relationship with Him. This protection is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, as seen in Psalms 37:23-24, where God is depicted as guiding and upholding the righteous. The imagery of "steps" suggests a journey or path, indicating that God is actively involved in the daily lives and decisions of His followers. This aligns with the cultural understanding of God as a shepherd, guiding and protecting His flock.<p><b>but the wicked perish in darkness</b><br>The contrast between the faithful and the wicked is stark. "Perish in darkness" implies a lack of divine guidance and protection, leading to destruction. Darkness in biblical literature often symbolizes chaos, evil, and separation from God, as seen in <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>. The historical context of ancient Israel, where light and darkness were powerful metaphors for good and evil, underscores the fate of those who reject God's ways. This phrase serves as a warning and a call to repentance, highlighting the consequences of living outside God's will.<p><b>for by his own strength shall no man prevail</b><br>This statement underscores the futility of relying on human strength and wisdom apart from God. It reflects the biblical principle that true success and victory come from God alone, as echoed in <a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm">Zechariah 4:6</a>, "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts." The cultural context of ancient Near Eastern societies, where military might and personal prowess were highly valued, contrasts with the biblical teaching that divine intervention is the ultimate source of triumph. This phrase also foreshadows the New Testament revelation of Jesus Christ, who embodies the perfect reliance on God's strength, as seen in <a href="/philippians/2-5.htm">Philippians 2:5-11</a>, where Christ's humility and obedience lead to His exaltation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hannah.htm">Hannah</a></b><br>The mother of Samuel, who offers a prayer of thanksgiving to God, acknowledging His sovereignty and justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/samuel.htm">Samuel</a></b><br>The child dedicated to the Lord by Hannah, who would become a significant prophet and judge in Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/eli.htm">Eli</a></b><br>The priest at Shiloh, where Hannah prays and dedicates Samuel to the Lord.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a></b><br>The religious center where the Ark of the Covenant was kept and where Hannah prayed.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_faithful_and_the_wicked.htm">The Faithful and the Wicked</a></b><br>Representing two groups of people in the verse, highlighting the contrast between those who follow God and those who do not.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection_for_the_faithful.htm">God's Protection for the Faithful</a></b><br>God actively guards and directs the lives of those who are faithful to Him. This assurance should encourage believers to trust in His guidance and protection.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_self-reliance.htm">The Futility of Self-Reliance</a></b><br>Human strength and wisdom are insufficient for true success and security. Believers are called to rely on God's strength rather than their own.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Wickedness</a></b><br>Those who reject God and choose wickedness will ultimately face destruction and darkness. This serves as a warning to turn away from sin and towards God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light.htm">Living in the Light</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, believers are called to walk in the light, reflecting His truth and righteousness in a world filled with darkness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>God's control over the affairs of humanity is evident. He exalts the humble and brings down the proud, demonstrating His ultimate authority and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_sam_19_align_with_divine_protection.htm">How does 1 Samuel 19 reconcile with accounts in other sections of the Bible where David is portrayed as protected by divine power rather than subterfuge?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_angels.htm">What does the Bible say about angels?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_earth_endure_eternally.htm">Will the earth last forever? (Psalm 104:5 vs. 2 Peter 3:10)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_levites_in_2_chr_23_8.htm">What evidence supports the existence of the Levites and captains mentioned in 2 Chronicles 23:8, and how do we reconcile any lack of external records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">He will keep the feet.</span>--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 (<a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm" title="He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.">1Samuel 2:9</a>), 'He will keep the feet of his saints.'"--Treatise <span class= "ital">Yoma, </span>fol. 38, Colossians 2.<p><span class= "bld">By strength shall no man prevail.</span>--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" (<a href="/zechariah/4-6.htm" title="Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, said the LORD of hosts.">Zechariah 4:6</a>). 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" (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm" title="And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me.">2Corinthians 12:9</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The feet of his saints.</span> The Hebrews written text (<span class="accented">ch'tib</span>) has his <span class="accented">saint</span>, sing.; but the word really means not <span class="accented">saint, i.e.</span> one sanctified and holy, but <span class="accented">pious</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/2-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He guards</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁמֹ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the steps</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of His faithful ones,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲסִידָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·sî·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2623.htm">Strong's 2623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kind, pious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">perish</span><br /><span class="heb">יִדָּ֑מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yid·dām·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1826.htm">Strong's 1826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in darkness;</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2822.htm">Strong's 2822: </a> </span><span class="str2">The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by his own strength</span><br /><span class="heb">בְכֹ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḵō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A small reptile (of unknown species)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall no</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">man</span><br /><span class="heb">אִֽישׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prevail.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִגְבַּר־</span> <span class="translit">(yiḡ·bar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1396.htm">Strong's 1396: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be strong, to prevail, act insolently</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/2-9.htm">1 Samuel 2:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>