Bible verse
The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
1 Samuel 2:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 2.
1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
2 There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
3 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
4 The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
5 The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
6 The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
8 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
KJV
The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
ASV
The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
ERV
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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