1 Samuel 2:33

1 Samuel 2:33 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age.

Context of 1 Samuel 2:33

31Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32You will look at the distress of My house (the tabernacle), in spite of all the good which God will do for Israel, and there will never again be an old man in your house. Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar; your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul will grieve, and all those born in your house will die as men [in the prime of life]. 34This will be the sign to you which shall come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them shall die. 35But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him a permanent and enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed forever.

1 Samuel 2:33 word by word

וְאִ֗ישׁ לֹֽא־אַכְרִ֤ית לְךָ֙ מֵעִ֣ם מִזְבְּחִ֔י לְכַלּ֥וֹת אֶת־עֵינֶ֖יךָ וְלַאֲדִ֣יב אֶת־נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְכָל־מַרְבִּ֥ית בֵּיתְךָ֖ יָמ֥וּתוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• I shall not cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from mine altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• to consumeכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and to grieveאָדַב'âdab · to grieveH109
• thine heartנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and all the increaseמַרְבִּיתmarbîyth · greatnessH4768
• of thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• in the flower of their ageאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:33

• 1 Samuel 22:21Abiathar told David that Saul had murdered the Lord’s priests.
• 1 Kings 1:7He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
• 1 Kings 2:26Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth to your own fields, for you certainly deserve to die; but I will not put you to death this day, because you carried the ark of the Lord God before my father David, and you suffered everything that my father endured.”
• Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33And the man of thine - Of this passage Calmet observes: "The posterity of Eli possessed the high priesthood to the time of Solomon; and even when that dynasty was transferred to another family, God preserved that of Eli, not to render it more happy, but to punish it by seeing the prosperity of its enemies, to the end that it might see itself destitute and despised. This shows the depth of the judgments of God and the grandeur of his justice, which extends…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33The meaning is explained by 1 Samuel 2:36. Those who are not cut off in the flower of their youth shall be worse off than those who are, for they shall have to beg their bread. (Compare Jeremiah 22:10.) Thine eyes … thine heart - For a similar personification of the tribe or family see Judges 1:2-4.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-36Verses 27-36 Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32-33reach old age: In the Old Testament, a short life often shows God's disapproval. A long life shows God's blessing (see Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 3:14; Psalm 91:16).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 2:33

• Abiathar
• Eli
• Hophni
• Judgments
• Parents

In the dictionaries

• Abiathar
• Crouch
• Custom
• Dunghill
• Dust
• Eli
• Esteem
• Fleshhook
• Hannah
• Hire

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings