1 Samuel 12 · Verse 6

1 Samuel 12:6

And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 12:6, King James Version

1 Samuel 12:6 in other translations

BSBThen Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
WEBSamuel said to the people, “It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
ASVAnd Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
YLTAnd Samuel saith unto the people, ‘Jehovah--He who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers out of the land of Egypt!
DARBYAnd Samuel said to the people, It is Jehovah who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
BBEAnd Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
WebsterAnd Samuel said to the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt.

What does 1 Samuel 12:6 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 12:6-15
The work of ministers is to reason with people; not only to exhort and direct, but to persuade, to convince men's judgments, and so to gain their wills and affections. Samuel reasons of the righteous acts of the Lord. Those who follow God faithfully, he will enable to continue following him. Disobedience would certainly be the ruin of Israel. We mistake if we think that we can escape God's justice, by trying to shake off his dominion. If we resolve that God shall not rule us, yet he will judge us.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 12:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
עָשָׂה֙'a.Sahhe appointedH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאֶֽת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וַאֲשֶׁ֧רva.'a.Sherand whoH834
הֶעֱלָ֛הhe.'e.Lahhe brought upH5927
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 12:6

  • Micah 6:4

    For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  • Exodus 6:26

    These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

  • Psalms 99:6

    Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

  • Psalms 77:19-20

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Psalms 105:41

    He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

  • Isaiah 63:7-14

    I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. …

  • Psalms 78:12-72

    Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. …

  • Psalms 105:26

    He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

  • Hosea 12:13

    And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

  • Nehemiah 9:9-14

    And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
It is the Lord.
Ex 6:26; Ne 9:9-14; Ps 77:19,20; 78:12-72; 99:6; 105:26,41
Isa 63:7-14; Ho 12:13; Mic 6:4
advanced. or, made.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 12:5

    And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

  • 1 Samuel 12:6

    And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Samuel 12:7

    Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

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1 Samuel 12:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Samuel dijo al pueblo: Jehová es quien hizo á Moisés y á Aarón, y que sacó á vuestros padres de la tierra de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Samuel dit au peuple: C’est l’ Éternel qui a établi Moïse et Aaron, et qui a fait monter vos pères du pays d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Samuel sprach zu dem Volke: Jehova ist es, der Mose und Aaron bestellt, und der eure Väter heraufgeführt hat aus dem Lande Ägypten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ait Samuel ad populum: Dominus, qui fecit Moysen et Aaron, et eduxit patres nostros de terra Ægypti.