1 Samuel 2:8 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Throne - That is, a glorious throne or kingdom. Pillars - The foundations of the earth, which God created, and upholds, and wherewith he sustains the earth, and all its inhabitants, as a house is supported with pillars; and therefore it is not strange if he disposeth of persons and things therein as he pleaseth.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מֵקִ֨ים	me.Kim	[he is] raising up	H6965 →
מֵעָפָ֜ר	me.'a.Far	from [the] dust	H6083 →
דָּ֗ל	Dal	[the] poor	H1800 →
מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙	me.'ash.Pot	from [the] ash heap	H830 →
יָרִ֣ים	ya.Rim	he lifts up	H7311 →
אֶבְי֔וֹן	'ev.Yon	[the] needy	H34 →
לְהוֹשִׁיב֙	le.ho.Shiv	to cause [them] to dwell	H3427 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
נְדִיבִ֔ים	ne.di.Vim	noble [people]	H5081 →
וְכִסֵּ֥א	ve.khi.Se'	and a throne of	H3678 →
כָב֖וֹד	kha.Vod	honor	H3519 →
יַנְחִלֵ֑ם	yan.chi.Lem	he makes inherit them	H5157 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
לַֽיהוָה֙	la.Yah.weh	[belong] to Yahweh	H3068 →
מְצֻ֣קֵי	me.Tzu.kei	[the] pillars of	H4690 →
אֶ֔רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
וַיָּ֥שֶׁת	vai.Ya.shet	and he set	H7896 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
תֵּבֵֽל׃	te.Vel	[the] world	H8398 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
leads to
- Matthew 5:3
  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 6:20
  Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Revelation 2:9
  I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26–28
  Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Through
Daniel 6:3
Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
leads to
- Daniel 5:14
  I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.
- Proverbs 22:29
  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
- Genesis 41:38–41
  So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”