1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
1 Samuel 3:12 in other translations
| BSB | On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end. |
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| WEB | In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. |
| ASV | In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end. |
| YLT | In that day I establish unto Eli all that I have spoken unto his house, beginning and completing; |
| DARBY | In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end. |
| BBE | In that day I will do to Eli everything which I have said about his family, from first to last. |
| Webster | In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. |
What does 1 Samuel 3:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 3:5-18
5-18. he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me--It is evident that his sleeping chamber was close to that of the aged high priest and that he was accustomed to be called during the night. The three successive calls addressed to the boy convinced Eli of the divine character of the speaker, and he therefore exhorted the child to give a reverential attention to the message. The burden of [the Lord's…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:11-18
What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not restrain the sins of others, when it is in their power to do it, make themselves partakers of the guilt, and will be charged as joining in it. In his remarkable answer to this awful sentence, Eli acknowledged that the Lord had a…
1 Samuel 3:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 3:12
- 1 Samuel 2:27-36
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house? And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. …
- Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Joshua 23:15
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 3:11
And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
- 1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
- 1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
1 Samuel 3:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Aquel día yo despertaré contra Eli todas las cosas que he dicho sobre su casa. En comenzando, acabaré también. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ce jour-là j’accomplirai sur Éli tout ce que j’ai dit touchant sa maison: je commencerai et j’achèverai; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | An selbigem Tage werde ich wider Eli alles ausführen, was ich über sein Haus geredet habe: ich werde beginnen und vollenden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In die illa suscitabo adversum Heli omnia quæ locutus sum super domum ejus: incipiam, et complebo. |