1 Samuel 12:25

1 Samuel 12:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.”

Context of 1 Samuel 12:25

23As for me, I will not stop praying for you. That would be a sin against the Lord. I will teach you how to live in the right way. 24But you must respect and obey the Lord. You must serve him faithfully with all your strength. Remember the great things that he has done for you. If you continue to do evil things, that will be the end of you and your king.’

1 Samuel 12:25 word by word

וְאִם־הָרֵ֖עַ תָּרֵ֑עוּ גַּם־אַתֶּ֥ם גַּֽם־מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם תִּסָּפֽוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if ye shall stillרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• ye shall be consumedסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• both ye and your kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 12:25

• Deuteronomy 32:15The Israelites became rich and fat. They turned against God. They were full of good food, but they turned away from God. He was the one who made them. He was the strong Rock who kept them safe. But they no longer respected him.
• Joshua 24:20If you turn away from the Lord and you serve foreign gods, he will turn against you. He has been kind and he has helped you until now. But he will bring trouble to you and he will destroy you, if you turn away from him.’
• Isaiah 3:11But it will be very bad for the wicked people. They will receive the punishment that they deserve.
• 1 Samuel 31:1The Philistines fought against the Israelites. The Israelites ran away, and the Philistines killed many of them on Gilboa mountain.
• Deuteronomy 28:36When you choose a king for yourselves, the Lord will send you and him away to a foreign country. It will be a place that neither you nor your ancestors have ever heard about. There you will serve gods that people have made from stone and wood.
• Hosea 10:3Soon these people will say, ‘We did not respect the Lord's authority. Because of that we have no king. But even if we had a king now, he could not do anything to help us.’

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Ye shall be consumed - If ye do wickedly you shall be destroyed, your kingdom destroyed, and your king destroyed. Here they had set before them life and good, death and evil. Never was a people more fully warned, and never did a people profit less by the warning; and they continue to this day monuments of God's justice and forbearance. Reader, What art thou? Perhaps a similar monument. Consider therefore what great things God has done for thee.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by its coming at an unusual time, in wheat harvest, and on a clear day, but by the prophet's giving notice of it before. He showed their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God, or Samuel; promising themselves more from an arm of flesh…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25swept away: David later used this same Hebrew word for Saul’s death (1 Samuel 26:10, “die … into battle”) and for his own possible death at Saul’s hands (27:1, “get me”). This warning would continue to apply throughout Israel’s history as a monarchy (when it was ruled by kings).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2517-25. Is it not wheat harvest to-day?--That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless. There could not, therefore, have been a stronger or more appropriate proof of a divine mission than the phenomenon of rain and thunder happening, without any prognostics of its approach, upon the prediction of a person professing himself to be a prophet of the Lord, and giving…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 12:25

• Fear of God
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12

• 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