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

10And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.” 11Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. 13I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them. 14So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”

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 2:27One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: “I revealed myself to your ancestors when they were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt.
• Numbers 23:19God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
• Joshua 23:15But as surely as the Lord your God has given you the good things he promised, he will also bring disaster on you if you disobey him. He will completely destroy you from this good land he has given you.
• Zechariah 1:6But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”
• Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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