1 Samuel 2 · Verse 32

1 Samuel 2:32

And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 Samuel 2:32, King James Version

1 Samuel 2:32 in other translations

BSBYou will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
WEBYou will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
ASVAnd thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
YLTand thou hast beheld an adversary in My habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days.
DARBYAnd thou shalt see an oppressor in my habitation, amidst all the good that shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.
BBEAnd never again will there be an old man in your family.
WebsterAnd thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

What does 1 Samuel 2:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation--A successful rival for the office of high priest shall rise out of another family (2Sa 15:35; 1Ch 24:3; 29:22). But the marginal reading, "thou shalt see the affliction of the tabernacle," seems to be a preferable translation.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 Thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation - Every version and almost every commentator understands this clause differently. The word צר tsar, which we translate an enemy, and the Vulgate aemulum, a rival, signifies calamity; and this is the best sense to understand it in here. The calamity which he saw was the defeat of the Israelites, the capture of the ark, the death of his wicked sons, and the triumph of the Philistines. All this he saw, that is, knew to have taken place, before he met with his own tragical death. In all the wealth which God shall give Israel - This also is dark. The meaning may be this: God has spoken good concerning Israel; he will, in the end, make the triumph of the Philistines their own confusion; and the capture of the ark shall be the desolation of their gods; but the Israelites shall first be sorely pressed with calamity. Or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. There shall not be an old man - This is repeated from the preceding verse, all the family shall die in the flower of their years, as is said in the following verse.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never…

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1 Samuel 2:32 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.

וְהִבַּטְתָּ֙ve.hib.ba.Taand you will look atH5027
צַ֣רtzar[the] distress ofH6862
מָע֔וֹןma.'ona dwelling placeH4583
בְּכֹ֥לbe.Kholin allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
יֵיטִ֖יבyei.Tivhe will do good toH3190
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehhe will beH1961
זָקֵ֛ןza.Kenan old [man]H2205
בְּבֵיתְךָ֖be.vei.te.Khain house yourH1004
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:32

  • Zechariah 8:4

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

  • 1 Samuel 4:11

    And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

  • Psalms 78:59-64

    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. …

  • 1 Kings 2:26-27

    And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

  • 1 Samuel 4:22

    And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

  • 1 Samuel 4:4

    So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
an enemy, etc.Or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel. This appears to be the right translation; for, agreeably to this prediction, he did see the tabernacle deprived of the ark, which was its glory, and lived to hear that it was captured by the Philistines.
4:4,11,22; Ps 78:59-64
an old man.
Zec 8:4

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 2:31

    Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

  • 1 Samuel 2:32

    And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

  • 1 Samuel 2:33

    And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

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1 Samuel 2:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y verás competidor en el tabernáculo, en todas las cosas en que hiciere bien á Israel; y en ningún tiempo habrá viejo en tu casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu verras un adversaire établi dans ma demeure, dans tout le bien qui aura été fait à Israël; et il n’y aura plus de vieillard dans ta maison à jamais.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du wirst einen Bedränger in der Wohnung sehen, in allem, was Jehova Gutes tun wird an Israel; und es wird keinen Greis mehr in deinem Hause geben alle Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et videbis æmulum tuum in templo, in universis prosperis Israël: et non erit senex in domo tua omnibus diebus.