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Selected Verse: Luke 1:53 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 1:53 |
Strong Concordance |
He hath filled [1705] the hungry [3983] with good things [18]; and [2532] the rich [4147] he hath sent [1821] empty [2756] away [1821]. |
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King James |
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He hath filled the hungry with good things - This is a celebration of the general mercy of God. He hath daily fed the poor, the needy, and those who came to Him with humble hearts.
The rich he hath sent ... - While the poor come to him for a supply of their daily wants, the rich come not that their necessities should be supplied, but come with lofty hearts, and insatiable desires that their riches may be increased. When this is the case, God not unfrequently not only "withholds" what they ask, but he takes their riches away by fire, or flood, or disappointments, and sends them away empty, Pro 23:5. It is better to be poor and go to God for our daily bread, than to be rich and forget our dependence on Him, and to seek only a great increase of our property. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Filled the hungry - the rich he hath sent empty away - God is here represented under the notion of a person of unbounded benevolence, who is daily feeding multitudes at his gates. The poor and the rich are equally dependent upon him; to the one he gives his affluence for a season, and to the other his daily bread. The poor man comes through a sense of his want to get his daily support, and God feeds him; the rich man comes through the lust of gain, to get more added to his abundance, and, God sends him empty away - not only gives him nothing more, but often deprives him of that which he has, because he has not improved it to the honor of the giver. There is an allusion here, as in several other parts of this song, to the case of Hannah and Peninah, as related Sa1 1:2, etc.; Sa1 2:1-10. |
5 Wilt thou set [05774] [05774] thine eyes [05869] upon that which is not? for riches certainly [06213] make [06213] themselves wings [03671]; they fly away [05774] [05774] as an eagle [05404] toward heaven [08064].
1 And Hannah [02584] prayed [06419], and said [0559], My heart [03820] rejoiceth [05970] in the LORD [03068], mine horn [07161] is exalted [07311] in the LORD [03068]: my mouth [06310] is enlarged [07337] over mine enemies [0341]; because I rejoice [08055] in thy salvation [03444].
2 There is none holy [06918] as the LORD [03068]: for there is none beside [01115] thee: neither is there any rock [06697] like our God [0430].
3 Talk [01696] no more [07235] so exceeding [01364] proudly [01364]; let not arrogancy [06277] come [03318] out of your mouth [06310]: for the LORD [03068] is a God [0410] of knowledge [01844], and by him actions [05949] are weighed [08505].
4 The bows [07198] of the mighty men [01368] are broken [02844], and they that stumbled [03782] are girded [0247] with strength [02428].
5 They that were full [07649] have hired out [07936] themselves for bread [03899]; and they that were hungry [07457] ceased [02308]: so that the barren [06135] hath born [03205] seven [07651]; and she that hath many [07227] children [01121] is waxed feeble [0535].
6 The LORD [03068] killeth [04191], and maketh alive [02421]: he bringeth down [03381] to the grave [07585], and bringeth up [05927].
7 The LORD [03068] maketh poor [03423], and maketh rich [06238]: he bringeth low [08213], and [0637] lifteth up [07311].
8 He raiseth up [06965] the poor [01800] out of the dust [06083], and lifteth up [07311] the beggar [034] from the dunghill [0830], to set [03427] them among princes [05081], and to make them inherit [05157] the throne [03678] of glory [03519]: for the pillars [04690] of the earth [0776] are the LORD'S [03068], and he hath set [07896] the world [08398] upon them.
9 He will keep [08104] the feet [07272] of his saints [02623], and the wicked [07563] shall be silent [01826] in darkness [02822]; for by strength [03581] shall no man [0376] prevail [01396].
10 The adversaries [07378] of the LORD [03068] shall be broken to pieces [02865]; out of heaven [08064] shall he thunder [07481] upon them: the LORD [03068] shall judge [01777] the ends [0657] of the earth [0776]; and he shall give [05414] strength [05797] unto his king [04428], and exalt [07311] the horn [07161] of his anointed [04899].
2 And he had two [08147] wives [0802]; the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Hannah [02584], and the name [08034] of the other [08145] Peninnah [06444]: and Peninnah [06444] had children [03206], but Hannah [02584] had no children [03206].