1 Samuel 2:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause [them] to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah [are] the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

King James Bible
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.

Hebrew
He raises
מֵקִ֨ים (mê·qîm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

the poor
דָּ֗ל (dāl)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

from the dust
מֵעָפָ֜ר (mê·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

and lifts
יָרִ֣ים (yā·rîm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

the needy
אֶבְי֔וֹן (’eḇ·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

from the ash heap.
מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙ (mê·’aš·pōṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 830: An ash heap, refuse heap, dunghill

He seats [them]
לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ (lə·hō·wō·šîḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

among
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

princes
נְדִיבִ֔ים (nə·ḏî·ḇîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 5081: Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee

and bestows on them
יַנְחִלֵ֑ם (yan·ḥi·lêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5157: To inherit, to occupy, to bequeath, distribute, instate

a throne
וְכִסֵּ֥א (wə·ḵis·sê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of honor.
כָב֖וֹד (ḵā·ḇō·wḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the foundations
מְצֻ֣קֵי (mə·ṣu·qê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4690: Something narrow, a column, hilltop

of the earth
אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

are the LORD’s,
לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and upon them
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

He has set
וַיָּ֥שֶׁת (way·yā·šeṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

the world.
תֵּבֵֽל׃ (tê·ḇêl)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8398: The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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