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1 Samuel 2:33

31 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.

32 You 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.

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

34 And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

35 Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.

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BSB
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
KJV
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.
WEB
The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
ASV
And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
DARBY
And the man of thine [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to cause thine eyes to fail and to grieve thy soul; and all the increase of thy house shall die in their vigour.
BLB
And the man I do not cut off of you from My altar [I] will consume your eyes and grieve your heart, and all the seed of your house will die [by the sword] of men.
ÅB
Dog vil jeg ikke utrydde hver mann av din slekt fra mitt alter, så jeg lar dine øyne slukne og din sjel vansmekte; men alle som vokser opp i ditt hus, skal dø i sine manndomsår.
OTB
Enhver av dere som Jeg ikke kutter av fra Mitt alter vil bli spart bare for å bringe sorg til dine øyne og sorg til ditt hjerte, og alle dine etterkommere vil dø i livets beste alder.
B1930
Dog vil jeg ikke utrydde hver mann av din ætt fra mitt alter, så jeg lar dine øine slukne og din sjel vansmekte; men alle som vokser op i ditt hus, skal dø i sine manndomsår.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 2:26–27

    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

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  • 1 Samuel 22:21–23

    And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 1:19

    And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

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  • 1 Kings 1:7

    So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

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  • Matthew 2:16–18

    When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

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