1 Samuel 3 · Verse 17

1 Samuel 3:17

And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
1 Samuel 3:17, King James Version

1 Samuel 3:17 in other translations

BSB“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
WEBHe said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”
ASVAnd he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.
YLTAnd he saith, ‘What is the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.'
DARBYAnd he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me:God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.
BBEAnd he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.
WebsterAnd he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou shalt hide any thing from me, of all the things that he said to thee.

What does 1 Samuel 3:17 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 God do so to thee, and more also - This was a very solemn adjuration: he suspected that God had threatened severe judgments, for he knew that his house was very criminal; and he wished to know what God had spoken. The words imply thus much: If thou do not tell me fully what God has threatened, may the same and greater curses fall on thyself.

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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…

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1 Samuel 3:17 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.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מָ֤הmahwhat?H4100
הַדָּבָר֙ha.da.Var[was] the wordH1697
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
אֵלֶ֔יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
אַל\־'al-may notH408
נָ֥אna'pleaseH4994
תְכַחֵ֖דte.kha.Chedyou hide [it]H3582
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480
כֹּ֣הkohthusH3541
יַעֲשֶׂה\־ya.'a.seh-may he doH6213
לְּךָ֤le.Khato <the> you
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְכֹ֣הve.Khohand thusH3541
יוֹסִ֔יףyo.Sifmay he addH3254
אִם\־'im-ifH518
תְּכַחֵ֤דte.kha.Chedyou will hideH3582
מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙mi.Me.nifrom meH4480
דָּבָ֔רda.Vara wordH1697
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
אֵלֶֽיךָ\׃'e.Lei.khato youH413

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 3:17

  • Ruth 1:17

    Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

  • 2 Samuel 3:35

    And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

  • Micah 2:7

    O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

  • 1 Samuel 20:13

    The Lord do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

  • Daniel 4:19

    Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

  • 1 Kings 22:16

    And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?

  • Matthew 26:63

    But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

  • Psalms 141:5

    Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

  • 2 Samuel 19:13

    And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I pray thee.
Ps 141:5; Da 4:19; Mic 2:7
God.
20:13; Ru 1:17; 2Sa 3:35; 19:13; 1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63
more also. Heb. so add. thing. or, word.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 3:16

    Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

  • 1 Samuel 3:17

    And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

  • 1 Samuel 3:18

    And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

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1 Samuel 3:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo: ¿Qué es la palabra que te habló Jehová?; ruégote que no me la encubras: así te haga Dios y así te añada, si me encubrieres palabra de todo lo que habló contigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Éli dit: Quelle est la parole qu’il t’a dite? Je te prie, ne me le cache pas. Ainsi Dieu te fasse, et ainsi il y ajoute, si tu me caches quoi que ce soit de toute la parole qu’il t’a dite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sprach: Was ist das Wort, das er zu dir geredet hat? Verhehle es mir doch nicht. So tue dir Gott und so füge er hinzu, wenn du mir etwas verhehlst von allem, was er zu dir geredet hat!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et interrogavit eum: Quis est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus ad te? oro te ne celaveris me: hæc faciat tibi Deus, et hæc addat, si absconderis a me sermonem ex omnibus verbis quæ dicta sunt tibi.