NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon He will keepshamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. the feet regel (reh'-gel) a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda -- be able to endure, according as, after, coming, follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), great toe, haunt, journey, leg, piss, possession, time. of his saints chaciyd (khaw-seed') kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint) -- godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-)godly. and the wicked rasha` (raw-shaw') morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. shall be silent damam (daw-man') to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish in darkness choshek (kho-shek') the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. for by strength koach (ko'-akh) from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard shall no man 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) prevail gabar (gaw-bar') to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently -- exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail. King James Bible He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Holman Christian Standard Bible He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a man does not prevail by his own strength. International Standard Version 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. NET Bible 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength. King James 2000 Bible He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Links 1 Samuel 2:91 Samuel 2:9 NIV 1 Samuel 2:9 NLT 1 Samuel 2:9 ESV 1 Samuel 2:9 NASB 1 Samuel 2:9 KJV |