1 Samuel 2:2

Amplified Bible

"There is no one holy like the LORD, There is no one besides You, There is no Rock like our God.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There is no one holy like the Lord.There is no one besides you!And there is no rock like our God.

Hebrew Names Version
There is none holy as the LORD; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God.

King James Version
There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Lexham English Bible
There is no one holy like Yahweh, for there is no one besides you, and there is no rock like our God.

English Standard Version
"There is none holy like the Lord : for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.

New Century Version
"There is no one holy like the Lord . There is no God but you; there is no Rock like our God.

New English Translation
No one is holy like the Lord ! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!

New American Standard Bible
"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
There is none holy as the Lord: yea, there is none besides thee, & there is no god like our God.

Legacy Standard Bible
There is no one holy like Yahweh;Indeed, there is no one besides You,Nor is there any rock like our God.

Contemporary English Version
No other god is like you. We're safer with you than on a high mountain.

Complete Jewish Bible
"No one is as holy as Adonai , because there is none to compare with you, no rock like our God.

Darby Translation
There is none holy as Jehovah, for there is none beside thee, neither is there any rock like our God.

Easy-to-Read Version
There is no holy God like the Lord . There is no God but you. There is no Rock like our God.

George Lamsa Translation
There is none holy like the LORD; for there is none besides thee; and there is none powerful like our God.

Good News Translation
"No one is holy like the Lord ; there is none like him, no protector like our God.

Literal Translation
None is holy like Jehovah, for there is none except You; yea, there is no rock like our God.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is no man holy as the LORDE, for without the is nothinge, and there is no coforte like vnto oure God.

American Standard Version
There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.

Bible in Basic English
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is none holy as the Lorde: for without thee is nothing, neither is there any of strength as is our God.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is none holy as the LORD, for there is none beside Thee; neither is there any rock like our God.

King James Version (1611)
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any Rocke like our God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For there is none holy as the Lord, and there is none righteous as our God; there is none holy besides thee.

English Revised Version
There is none holy as the LORD; for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

Berean Standard Bible
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no rock like our God.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Noon is hooli as the Lord is; `for noon other is, outakun thee, and noon is strong as oure God.

Young's Literal Translation
There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.

Update Bible Version
There is none holy like Yahweh; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God.

Webster's Bible Translation
[There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none besides thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.

World English Bible
There is none holy as Yahweh; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God.

New King James Version
"No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

New Living Translation
No one is holy like the Lord ! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

New Life Bible
There is no one holy like the Lord. For sure, there is no one other than You. There is no rock like our God.

New Revised Standard
"There is no Holy One like the Lord , no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There is none holy like Yahweh, Nay! there, is none, except Thee, Nor, is, there a rock, like our God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, and there is none strong like our God.

Revised Standard Version
"There is none holy like the LORD, there is none besides thee; there is no rock like our God.

THE MESSAGE
Nothing and no one is holy like God , no rock mountain like our God. Don't dare talk pretentiously— not a word of boasting, ever! For God knows what's going on. He takes the measure of everything that happens. The weapons of the strong are smashed to pieces, while the weak are infused with fresh strength. The well-fed are out begging in the streets for crusts, while the hungry are getting second helpings. The barren woman has a houseful of children, while the mother of many is bereft.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

Contextual Overview

¹Hannah prayed and said, "My heart rejoices and triumphs in the LORD; My horn (strength) is lifted up in the LORD, My mouth has opened wide [to speak boldly] against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. ²"There is no one holy like the LORD, There is no one besides You, There is no Rock like our God.³"Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And by Him actions are weighed (examined). ⁴"The bows of the mighty are broken, But those who have stumbled equip themselves with strength. ⁵"Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease [to hunger]. Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven, But she who has many children withers away. ⁶"The LORD puts to death and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol (the grave) and raises up [from the grave]. ⁷"The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up. ⁸"He raises up the poor from the dust, He lifts up the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor and glory; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the land on them. ⁹"He guards the feet of His godly (faithful) ones, But the wicked ones are silenced and perish in darkness; For a man shall not prevail by might. ¹⁰"The adversaries of the LORD will be broken to pieces; He will thunder against them in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

none holy: Exodus 15:11, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Psalms 111:9, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 57:15, 1 Peter 1:16, Romans 4:8, Romans 15:4

none beside: Deuteronomy 4:35, 2 Samuel 22:32, Psalms 73:25, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:8

rock: Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 32:20, Deuteronomy 32:31, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 71:3, Psalms 71:19, Psalms 86:8, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 89:8, Isaiah 40:18, Jeremiah 10:6

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:22 - none 2 Samuel 22:2 - General 1 Kings 8:23 - no God 1 Chronicles 17:20 - beside thee Job 6:10 - the Holy One Psalms 18:31 - General Psalms 99:3 - for it Psalms 145:17 - righteous Isaiah 26:4 - everlasting strength Isaiah 26:7 - most Isaiah 41:16 - thou shalt rejoice Jeremiah 22:16 - was not Habakkuk 1:12 - mighty God Matthew 19:17 - there Mark 10:18 - that is Luke 1:49 - and Luke 2:37 - which Luke 6:48 - rock Revelation 15:4 - thou only

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden (oasis) in the east, in Eden (delight, land of happiness); and He put the man whom He had formed (created) there.

Genesis 2:11
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Exodus 23:12
"Six days [each week] you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall stop [working] so that your ox and your donkey may settle down and rest, and the son of your female servant, as well as your stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:17
"It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed."

Deuteronomy 5:14
but the seventh day is a Sabbath [a day of rest dedicated] to the LORD your God; on that day you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock or the stranger who stays inside your [city] gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

Isaiah 58:13
"If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath, From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, not going your own way Or engaging in your own pleasure Or speaking your own [idle] words,

John 5:17
But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working."

Hebrews 4:4
For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS";

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There is none holy as the Lord,.... From the consideration of what the Lord had done for her, which had filled her heart and mouth with joy and praise, she is led to celebrate the perfections of God, and begins with his holiness, in which he is glorious, and which appears in all his ways and works; he is essentially, originally, independently, perfectly, and immutably holy, as others are not. Angels are holy, but not of themselves; their holiness is from the Lord; nor is it perfect in comparison of his, and therefore they cover their faces while they celebrate that perfection of his; nor immutable, at least not naturally so, as the loss of it in those that fell demonstrates. Of men, some under the legal dispensation were holy, not truly, but in a typical and ceremonial sense; some are only outwardly and hypocritically holy, and only so in the sight of men, not in the sight of God; and those that are truly holy, being called to holiness, and have the principle of it implanted in them, and live holy lives and conversations; yet though there is a likeness of the holiness of God in them, being made partakers of the divine nature; it is far from an equality to it; for the holiness of the best of men is imperfect; they are not without sin in them, nor without sin committed by them, and perfection is disclaimed by them all; but the Lord is without iniquity, just and true is he; none in his nature, nor in any of his works, not the least shadow thereof:

for [there] is none besides thee; there is no God besides him; no being but what is of him, and none is holy but by him; the holiness of angels is from him; the holiness of Adam in innocence was of him; and all the holiness of his chosen ones comes from him, to which they are chosen by him, and which is secured in that choice unto them, and are sanctified by God the Father, in Christ, and through the Spirit:

neither is there any rock like our God; the word rock is used for Deity, and sometimes for a false one, Deuteronomy 32:31 and so it may here, and the sense be, there is no god like to our God; there is indeed none besides him; there are fictitious gods, and nominal ones, as the idols of the Gentiles, and who are so in an improper and figurative sense, as magistrates; but there is but one true and living God; nor is there any like him for the perfections of his nature, and the blessings of his goodness, whether in providence or grace. Under this metaphor of a rock, our Lord Jesus Christ is often signified; he is the rock of Israel, the rock of refuge, and of salvation; and there is no rock can do what he does, hide and shelter from the justice of God; there is no rock like him for strength and duration; none like him for a foundation to build upon, or for safety and protection from the wrath of God, and the rage of men, see Psalms 18:31.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Any rock ... - The term rock as applied to God is first found in the song of Moses (see Deuteronomy 32:4 note), where the juxtaposition of rock and salvation in 1 Samuel 2:15, “he lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation,” seems to indicate that Hannah was acquainted with the song of Moses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:2. None holy — HOLINESS is peculiar to the God of Israel; no false god ever pretended to holiness; it was no attribute of heathenism, nor of any religion ever professed in the world before or since the true revelation of the true God.

There is none beside thee — There can be but one unoriginated, infinite, and eternal Being; that Being is Jehovah.

Any rock like our God. — Rabbi Maimon has observed that the word צור tsur, which we translate rock, signifies, when applied to Jehovah, fountain, source, spring. There is no source whence continual help and salvation can arise but our God.