1 Samuel 2:6

6 El SEÑOR da muerte y da vida; hace bajar al Seol y hace subir.

1 Samuel 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth, and maketh alive
Which is true of different persons; some he takes away by death, and others he preserves and continues in life; and of the same persons, whom God removes by death, and restores them to life again, of which there are instances both in the Old and New Testament; and be they which they will, both are of God, he is the great Disposer of life and death. Death is of him; it is by his appointment; it is sent by his order; and when it has a commission from him, there is no resisting it; and let it be brought about by what means it will, still it is of God: and life is of him; it is first given by him, and it is preserved by him; and though taken away, it shall be restored at the resurrection of the dead; of which some interpret this clause, as Kimchi and Ben Gersom observe: and what is here said is true, in a spiritual sense; the Lord kills by the law, or shows men that they are dead in sin, and in a legal sense; and he makes alive by his Spirit, through the Gospel, quickening such who were dead in trespasses and sins; which is his own work, and the effect of divine power and grace; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 32:39).

he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up;
he bringeth some very near to the grave, to the very brink of it; so that in their own apprehensions, and in the opinion of their friends, they are just dropping into it, and no hope of recovery left; when he says to them "Return", and brings them back from the pit, and delivers them from going into it, ( Job 33:22 Job 33:28 Job 33:30 ) ( Psalms 90:3 ) and even when they are laid in it, he brings up out of it again, as in the case of Lazarus, and which will be the case in the resurrection, ( John 5:28 John 5:29 ) .

1 Samuel 2:6 In-Context

4 Quebrados son los arcos de los fuertes, pero los débiles se ciñen de poder.

5 Los que estaban saciados se alquilan por pan, y dejan de tener hambre los que estaban hambrientos. Aun la estéril da a luz a siete, mas la que tiene muchos hijos languidece.

6 El SEÑOR da muerte y da vida; hace bajar al Seol y hace subir.

7 El SEÑOR empobrece y enriquece; humilla y también exalta.

8 Levanta del polvo al pobre, del muladar levanta al necesitado para hacerlos sentar con los príncipes, y heredar un sitio de honor; pues las columnas de la tierra son del SEÑOR, y sobre ellas ha colocado el mundo.

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e., regin de los muertos