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1 Samuel 3:16-18
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16 However, Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He replied, “Here I am.” 17 Eli[a] said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely[b] if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”

18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli[c] said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 3:17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 1 Samuel 3:17 tn Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement has the force of a curse or warning. One could translate, “May God do to you and thus may he add.”
  3. 1 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 1 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
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