1 Samuel 3:12

1 Samuel 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
• New International Version (NIV)At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning to end.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

Context of 1 Samuel 3:12

10Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” 11Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. 13I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. 14Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

1 Samuel 3:12 word by word

בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ אָקִ֣ים אֶל־עֵלִ֔י אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ הָחֵ֖ל וְכַלֵּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• On thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• I will carry outקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• everythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• I have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• from beginningחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 3:12

• 1 Samuel 2:27Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
• Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
• Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
• Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will perform - all things which I have spoken - That is, what He had declared by the prophet, whose message is related 1 Samuel 2:27, etc. When I begin, I will also make an end - I will not delay the execution of my purpose: when I begin, nothing shall deter me from bringing all my judgments to a conclusion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12When I begin … - literally, as in the margin: meaning, I will go through with the performance from first to last.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not restrain the sins of others, when it is in their power to do it, make themselves partakers of the guilt, and will be charged as joining in it. In his remarkable answer to this awful sentence, Eli acknowledged that the Lord had a right to do as he saw good…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Everything I have spoken: See 1 Samuel 2:27–36.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-185-18. he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me--It is evident that his sleeping chamber was close to that of the aged high priest and that he was accustomed to be called during the night. The three successive calls addressed to the boy convinced Eli of the divine character of the speaker, and he therefore exhorted the child to give a reverential attention to the message. The burden of [the Lord's message] was an extraordinary premonition…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 3:12

• Connivance
• Eli
• Hophni
• Samuel
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• That Day
• Begin
• Precious
• Samuel
• Speak
• Temple
• Tingle
• Exodus, the Book of
• Hophni and Phinehas
• Judges, Period of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 3

• 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