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1 Samuel 3:16-18
New English Translation
1 Samuel 3:16-18
New English Translation
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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- 1 Samuel 3:17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 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.”
- 1 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
1 Samuel 3:16-18
New International Version
1 Samuel 3:16-18
New International Version
16 but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”
Samuel answered, “Here I am.”
17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide(A) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,(B) if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”(C)
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