1 Samuel 12:15

¹³ Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

¹⁴ If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

¹⁶ Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

¹⁷ Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
KJV: But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
WEB: But if you will not listen to the LORD’s voice, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then the LORD’s hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
ASV: but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as it was against your fathers.
DARBY: But if ye will not hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and if ye rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, then will the hand of Jehovah be against you, as against your fathers.
BLB: But if you⁺ do not listen to the voice of YHWH and rebel against the commandment of YHWH, then the hand of YHWH will be against you⁺ as against your⁺ fathers.

ÅB: Men dersom dere ikke lyder Herren, men er gjenstridige mot Herrens ord, så skal Herrens hånd være mot dere som mot deres fedre.
OTB: Men hvis dere ikke lyder Herrens røst, og gjør opprør mot Herrens bud, da vil Herrens hånd være mot dere og mot deres konge.
B1930: Men dersom I ikke lyder Herren, men er gjenstridige mot Herrens ord, så skal Herrens hånd være mot eder som mot eders fedre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 24:20
If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
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Isaiah 1:20
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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1 Samuel 12:9
But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
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Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
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Leviticus 26:14–30
If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
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Deuteronomy 28:15–68
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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Romans 2:8–9
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
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1 Samuel 5:9
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
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