1 Samuel 2:7
Good News Translation
He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, you are the one who makes us rich or poor. You put some in high positions and bring disgrace on others.

New American Bible
The LORD makes poor and makes rich, humbles, and also exalts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:

maketh

Deuteronomy 8:17,18 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me. . . .

Job 1:21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 5:11 Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Psalm 102:10 Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.

bringeth

Psalm 75:7 For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

Isaiah 2:12 Because the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and highminded, and upon every one that is arrogant, and he shall be humbled.

James 1:9,10 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation: . . .

James 4:10 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.

Context
Hannah's Prayer of Thanksgiving
6The Lord killeth and maketh alive, he bringeth down to hell, and bringeth back again. 7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:8He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.…
Cross References
James 4:10
Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.

Deuteronomy 8:17
Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Deuteronomy 8:18
But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.

2 Kings 9:6
And he arose, and went into the chamber: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: I have anointed thee king over Israel, the people of the Lord.

Job 1:21
And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 5:11
Who setteth up the humble on high, and comforteth with health those that mourn.

Job 40:12
Look on all that are proud, and confound them, and crush the wicked in their place,

Psalm 75:7
For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

1 Samuel 2:6
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