1 Samuel 2:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַגְלֵ֤י חֲסִידָיו֙ יִשְׁמֹ֔ר וּרְשָׁעִ֖ים בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יִדָּ֑מּוּ כִּֽי־לֹ֥א בְכֹ֖חַ יִגְבַּר־אִֽישׁ׃

Transliteration

raglê ḥăsîdāyw yišmōr, and rəšāʿîm in ḥōšek yiddāmmû; because-not in kōaḥ yigbar-ʾîš.

Grammar Details

• *raglê*: noun feminine dual construct - feet of
• *ḥăsîdāyw*: adjective masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his faithful ones/godly ones
• *yišmōr*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he guards/keeps
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective masculine plural - wicked ones
• *ḥōšek*: noun masculine singular - darkness
• *yiddāmmû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they are silenced/they perish
• *kōaḥ*: noun masculine singular - strength/power
• *yigbar*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - prevails/is strong
• *ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man

Word Meanings

• *ḥăsîdāyw*: his faithful ones/his godly ones/his loyal ones
• *yišmōr*: he guards/keeps/preserves
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones/ungodly
• *yiddāmmû*: they are silenced/they perish/they are cut off
• *yigbar*: prevails/is strong/is mighty

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
• Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge{H8762)} over thee, to keep{H8800)} thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up{H8799)} in their hands, lest thou dash{H8799)} thy foot against a stone.
• Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Matt 8:12 : 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Ps 37:23-24 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth{H8799)} in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down{H8714)}: for the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} him with his hand.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
• Deut 33:3 : 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
• 1 Sam 17:49-50 : 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
• Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said{H8804)}, My foot slippeth{H8804)}; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up{H8799)}.
• Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Job 5:24 : 24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
• Eccl 5:17 : 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
• Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
• Jer 8:14 : 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
• Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
• Zech 4:6 : 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
• Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
• Ps 121:5 : 5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
• Ps 121:8 : 8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
• Prov 2:8 : 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
• 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
• Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
• Matt 22:12-13 : 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Prov 3:26 : 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.