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1 Samuel 2:31

Judgment

29 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?

30 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.

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.

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.

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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BSB
Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.
KJV
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.
WEB
Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
ASV
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 thy house.
DARBY
Behold, 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 thy house.
BLB
Behold, the days are coming, and I will cut off your arm and the arm of the house of your father, lest there be an old man in your house.
ÅB
Se, dager skal komme da jeg avhugger din arm og din fars slekts arm, så ingen i din slekt skal bli gammel.
OTB
Tiden kommer da Jeg vil kutte av din styrke og styrken til din familie, så ingen i ditt hus vil nå høy alder.
B1930
Se, dager skal komme da jeg avhugger din arm og din fars ætts arm, så ingen i din ætt skal bli gammel.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 22:17–20

    And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:11–20

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

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  • 1 Samuel 14:3

    And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:2

    And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

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  • 1 Kings 2:35

    And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.

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  • Ezekiel 30:21–24

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

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  • Job 22:9

    Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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