New King James Version
1 Samuel 3:12
12In that day I will perform 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.
- 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 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
10Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” 11Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. 14And therefore I have sworn 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 2:27Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
- Numbers 23:19“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
- Joshua 23:15Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you which the Lord your God promised you, so the Lord will bring upon you all harmful things, until He has destroyed you from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
- Zechariah 1:6Yet surely My words and My statutes, Which I commanded My servants the prophets, Did they not overtake your fathers? “So they returned and said: ‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us, According to our ways and according to our deeds, So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means 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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