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

10The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, “Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel responded, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 11The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that will cause everyone who hears about it to shudder. On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end. 13I told him that I am going to judge his family forever because of the iniquity he knows about: his sons are cursing God, and he has not stopped them. 14Therefore, I have sworn to Eli’s family: The iniquity of Eli’s family will never be wiped out by either 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• In that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• I will performקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• against Eliעֵלִי‛êlîy · EliH5941
• which I have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• concerningאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• when I beginחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• I will also make an endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 3:12

• 1 Samuel 2:27A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Didn’t I reveal myself to your forefather’s family when they were in Egypt and belonged to Pharaoh’s palace?
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?
• Joshua 23:15Since every good thing the Lord your God promised you has come about, so he will bring on you every bad thing until he has annihilated you from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
• Zechariah 1:6But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? ’” So the people repented and said, “As the Lord of Armies decided to deal with us for our ways and our deeds, so he has dealt with 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