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1 Samuel 2:6

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

KJV

Dominus mortificat et vivificat ; deducit ad inferos et reducit.

Vulgate

Κύριος θανατοῖ καὶ ζωογονεῖ, κατάγει εἰς ᾅδου καὶ ἀνάγει·

LXX

Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

ASV

יְהוָ֖ה מֵמִ֣ית וּ/מְחַיֶּ֑ה מוֹרִ֥יד שְׁא֖וֹל וַ/יָּֽעַל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

What is the natural law? What are the precepts of the natural law? Are all acts of virtue prescribed by the natural law? Is the natural law the same in all? Is it changeable? Can it be abolished from the heart of man? Article 1. Whether the natural law is a habit? Objection 1. It would seem that the natural law is a habit. Because, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. ii, 5), "there…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:22 — And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
  • 1Sam 20:3 — And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and
  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • 2Kgs 5:7 — And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his lepro
  • 2Kgs 5:7 — And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his lepro
  • Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Deut 32:39 — See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
  • Eccl 3:3 — A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
  • Ezek 37:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
  • Job 5:18 — For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
  • Job 5:18 — For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
  • John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
  • Jonah 2:2 — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
  • Luke 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
  • Luke 7:7 — Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
  • Matt 12:40 — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Ps 68:20 — He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
  • Ps 68:20 — He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.