King James Version
1 Samuel 2:3
3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.1
1 Samuel 2:3 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)“Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don’t speak with such arrogance! For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:3
1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. 5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
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אַל־תַּרְבּ֤וּ תְדַבְּרוּ֙ גְּבֹהָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה יֵצֵ֥א עָתָ֖ק מִפִּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל דֵּעוֹת֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְל֥וֹ נִתְכְּנ֖וּ עֲלִלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
- Talkדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
- no moreרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
- so exceedingגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
- arrogancyעָתָק‛âthâq · arrogantH6277
- comeיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: speakH3318
- out of your mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
- for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- a Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- of knowledgeדֵּעָהdê‛âh · knowledgeH1844
- and by him actionsעֲלִילָה‛ălîylâh ‛ălilâh · wantonnessH5949
- are weighedתָּכַןtâkan · to measureH8505
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:3
- Psalms 94:4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- Malachi 3:13Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
- Jude 1:15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
- 1 Kings 8:39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
- Psalms 44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
- Job 31:6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
- Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
- Daniel 5:27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3A God of knowledge - He is the most wise, teaching all good, and knowing all things. Actions are weighed - נתכנו nithkenu, they are directed; it is by his counsel alone that we can successfully begin, continue, or end, any work.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance…: Peninnah showed this attitude (see 1 Samuel 1:6–7). In contrast, Hannah was humbly dependent on God. This means she did not think too highly of herself. Instead, she trusted in God and relied on him for help.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-111Sa 2:1-11. Hannah's Song in Thankfulness to God. 1. Hannah prayed, and said--Praise and prayer are inseparably conjoined in Scripture (Col 4:2; 1Ti 2:1). This beautiful song was her tribute of thanks for the divine goodness in answering her petition. mine horn is exalted in the Lord--Allusion is here made to a peculiarity in the dress of Eastern women about Lebanon, which seems to have obtained anciently among the Israelite women, that of wearing a tin…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 2:3 arrogancy: Heb. hard ↩
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
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