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1 Samuel 2:6
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KJ21
“The Lord killeth and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up.
ASV
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
AMP
“The Lord puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave].
AMPC
The Lord slays and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
BRG
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
CSB
The Lord brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.
CSBA
The Lord brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.
CEB
The Lord! He brings death, gives life, takes down to the grave, and raises up!
CJB
“Adonai kills and makes alive; he brings down to the grave, and he brings up.
CEV
You take away life, and you give life. You send people down to the world of the dead and bring them back again.
DARBY
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
DRA
The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.
ERV
The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. He sends people down to the grave, and he can raise them up to live again.
EASY
The Lord gives both life and death. He sends some people to their graves, and he raises other people up.
EHV
The Lord puts to death, and he makes alive. He brings down to the grave, and he raises up.
ESV
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
ESVUK
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
EXB
“The Lord ·sends death [kills], and he ·brings to [gives] life. He ·sends people to the grave [brings down to Sheol; C the grave or the place of the dead], and he raises ·them to life again [L up].
GNV
The Lord killeth and maketh alive: bringeth down to the grave and raiseth up.
GW
“The Lord kills, and he gives life. He makes ⌞people⌟ go down to the grave, and he raises them up ⌞again⌟.
GNT
The Lord kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.
HCSB
The Lord brings death and gives life; He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.
ICB
“The Lord causes people to die, and he causes them to live. He brings people down to where the dead are, and he raises them to life again.
ISV
The Lord kills and gives life, he brings people down to where the dead are and he raises them up.
JUB
The LORD kills, and he gives life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
KJV
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
AKJV
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
LSB
Yahweh puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
LEB
Yahweh kills and restores alive, he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
TLB
The Lord kills, The Lord gives life.
MSG
God brings death and God brings life, brings down to the grave and raises up. God brings poverty and God brings wealth; he lowers, he also lifts up. He puts poor people on their feet again; he rekindles burned-out lives with fresh hope, Restoring dignity and respect to their lives— a place in the sun! For the very structures of earth are God’s; he has laid out his operations on a firm foundation. He protectively cares for his faithful friends, step by step, but leaves the wicked to stumble in the dark. No one makes it in this life by sheer muscle! God’s enemies will be blasted out of the sky, crashed in a heap and burned. God will set things right all over the earth, he’ll give strength to his king, he’ll set his anointed on top of the world!
MEV
“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
NOG
“Yahweh kills, and he gives life. He makes people go down to the grave, and he raises them up again.
NABRE
“The Lord puts to death and gives life, casts down to Sheol and brings up again.
NASB
The Lord puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
NASB1995
“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
NCB
The Lord kills and brings to life. He brings down to Sheol, and lifts up.
NCV
“The Lord sends death, and he brings to life. He sends people to the grave, and he raises them to life again.
NET
The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
NIRV
“The Lord causes people to die. He also gives people life. He brings people down to the grave. He also brings people up from death.
NIV
“The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
NIVUK
‘The Lord brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
NKJV
“The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.
NLV
The Lord kills and brings to life. He brings down to the grave, and He raises up.
NLT
The Lord gives both death and life; he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.
NRSVA
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
NRSVACE
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
NRSVCE
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
NRSVUE
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
OJB
Hashem bringeth mot, and maketh chayyim; He bringeth down to Sheol, and raiseth up.
RGT
“The LORD kills and makes alive, brings down to the grave and raises up.
RSV
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
RSVCE
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
TLV
Adonai causes death and makes alive, He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
VOICE
The Eternal One kills and brings to life; He sends down to the grave and raises up new life.
WEB
“Yahweh kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and brings up.
WYC
The Lord slayeth, and quickeneth; he leadeth forth to hells, and bringeth again. (The Lord killeth, and maketh alive; he leadeth down to Sheol, or into the grave, and bringeth up again.)
YLT
Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
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