English Standard Version
1 Samuel 3:12
12On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.
Context of 1 Samuel 3:12
10And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears." 11Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them. 14Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever."
Read all of 1 Samuel 31 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 2:27And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh?
- Numbers 23:19God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
- Joshua 23:15But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that the Lord your God has given you,
- Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.'"
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not 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
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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
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