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The bows of warriors are shattered,
but those who stumbled have taken on strength.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:4 tn Heb “stumblers have put on strength.” Because of the contrast between the prior and current condition, the participle has been translated with past tense. The Hebrew metaphor is a picture of getting dressed with (“putting on”) strength like clothing.

“The bows of the warriors are broken,(A)
    but those who stumbled are armed with strength.(B)

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The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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