1 Samuel 2 · Verse 3

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel 2:3, King James Version

1 Samuel 2:3 in other translations

BSBDo not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
WEB“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
ASVTalk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
YLTYe multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge is Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
DARBYDo not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
BBESay no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
WebsterTalk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

What does 1 Samuel 2:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 A God of knowledge - He is the most wise, teaching all good, and knowing all things. Actions are weighed - נתכנו nithkenu, they are directed; it is by his counsel alone that we can successfully begin, continue, or end, any work.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Hannah's heart rejoiced, not in Samuel, but in the Lord. She looks beyond the gift, and praises the Giver. She rejoiced in the salvation of the Lord, and in expectation of His coming, who is the whole salvation of his people. The strong are soon weakened, and the weak are soon strengthened, when God pleases. Are we poor? God made us poor, which is a good reason why we should be content, and make up our minds to our…

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1 Samuel 2:3 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.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּרְבּ֤וּtar.Buyou multiplyH7235
תְדַבְּרוּ֙te.da.be.Ruyou will speakH1696
גְּבֹהָ֣הge.vo.HahhaughtyH1364
גְבֹהָ֔הge.vo.HahhaughtyH1364
יֵצֵ֥אye.Tze'it goes outH3318
עָתָ֖ק'a.TakarroganceH6277
מִפִּיכֶ֑םmi.pi.Khemfrom mouth yourH6310
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֤ל'el[is] a God ofH410
דֵּעוֹת֙de.'Otknowledge<s>H1844
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְל֥וֹve.loand by <the> him
נִתְכְּנ֖וּnit.ke.Nuthey are measuredH8505
עֲלִלֽוֹת\׃a.li.LotdeedsH5949

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:3

  • 1 Kings 8:39

    Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  • Proverbs 8:13

    The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • Proverbs 24:12

    If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  • Jude 1:15-16

    To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

  • Hebrews 4:12

    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  • Psalms 94:4

    How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  • Proverbs 16:2

    All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Daniel 4:30-31

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

  • Psalms 147:5

    Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  • Psalms 44:21

    Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Psalms 94:7-10

    Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
let not arrogancy. Heb. hard.
Ps 94:4; Pr 8:13; Isa 37:23; Da 4:30,31,37; Mal 3:13; Jude 1:15,16
a God.
1Ki 8:39; Ps 44:21; 94:7-10; 147:5; Jer 17:10; Heb 4:12; Re 2:23
by him.
Job 31:6; Isa 26:7; Da 5:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 2:2

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

  • 1 Samuel 2:3

    Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • 1 Samuel 2:4

    The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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1 Samuel 2:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No multipliquéis hablando grandezas, altanerías; cesen las palabras arrogantes de vuestra boca; porque el Dios de todo saber es Jehová, y á él toca el pesar las acciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne multipliez pas vos paroles hautaines; que l’insolence ne sorte pas de votre bouche; car l’ Éternel est un ✶Dieu de connaissance, et par lui les actions sont pesées.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Häufet nicht Worte des Stolzes, noch gehe Freches aus eurem Munde hervor; denn ein Gott des Wissens ist Jehova, und von ihm werden die Handlungen gewogen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nolite multiplicare loqui sublimia gloriantes; recedant vetera de ore vestro: quia Deus scientiarum Dominus est, et ipsi præparantur cogitationes.