Revised Literal Translation

1 Samuel 3:11-18

11And Yhwh said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12In 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.1 13For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.2 3 4 14And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yhwh. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 17And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.5 6 18And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Yhwh: let him do what seemeth him good.7

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Notes

1. 1 Samuel 3:12 when…: Heb. beginning and ending. ↩
2. 1 Samuel 3:13 For I…: or, And I will tell him. ↩
3. 1 Samuel 3:13 vile: or, accursed. ↩
4. 1 Samuel 3:13 restrained…: Heb. frowned not upon them. ↩
5. 1 Samuel 3:17 more also: Heb. so add. ↩
6. 1 Samuel 3:17 thing: or, word. ↩
7. 1 Samuel 3:18 every…: Heb. all the things, or, words. ↩

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