Tree of Life Version
1 Samuel 12:23
23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Adonai by ceasing to pray for you! Yet I will keep instructing you in the good and straight way.
1 Samuel 12:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- New International Version (NIV)As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way.
Context of 1 Samuel 12:23
21Do not turn aside to go after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are futile. 22For Adonai will not forsake His people for His great Name’s sake, because it has pleased Adonai to make you a people to Himself. Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Adonai by ceasing to pray for you! Yet I will keep instructing you in the good and straight way. 24Only fear Adonai and worship Him in truth with all your heart, considering how magnificently He has dealt with you. 25But if you persist in acting wickedly, you will be swept away, both you and your king.”
Read all of 1 Samuel 121 Samuel 12:23 word by word
גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵחֲטֹ֣א לַֽיהוָ֔ה מֵחֲדֹ֖ל לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעַדְכֶ֑ם וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Moreover as for meאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
- God forbidחָלִ֫ילָהchâlîylâh châlilâh · forbidH2486
- that I should sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- in ceasingחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
- to prayפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
- for you: but I will teachיָרָהyârâh yârâ' · to showH3384
- you the goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
- and the rightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477
- wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 12:23
- Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer for him was being offered fervently to God by Messiah’s community.
- Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Good News of His Son. How unceasingly I make mention of you,
- Colossians 1:9For this reason also, ever since we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We keep asking God that you might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding—
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10Night time and day time we keep praying more than ever to see you face to face, and mend any shortcomings in your faith.
- 2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my forefathers did, when I continually remember you in my prayers night and day.
- Psalms 34:11Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
- Proverbs 4:11I instructed you in the way of wisdom. I have guided you along straight paths.
- Ecclesiastes 12:10Kohelet searched to find delightful words and truthful, accurate sayings.
- Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable, teaching you publicly as well as from house to house,
- Colossians 1:28We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Messiah.
- 1 Kings 8:36then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel. Teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on Your land which You gave to Your people as an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:27then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Indeed may You teach them the good way in which they should walk. Send rain upon Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
- Jeremiah 6:16Thus says Adonai: “Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths— where the good way is— and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23God forbid that I should sin - They had earnestly begged him, 1 Samuel 12:19, to pray to God for them, that they might not die; and he tells them that he should consider himself a sinner, should he cease to be their intercessor. But I will teach you the good and the right way - I will show you, as long as I am with you, what true religion is; it is the way to happiness and heaven. It is right - there is no crookedness in it; it is good - there is no evil…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by its coming at an unusual time, in wheat harvest, and on a clear day, but by the prophet's giving notice of it before. He showed their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God, or Samuel; promising themselves more from an arm of flesh…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23I will continue to teach you: Samuel was both a mediator and a teacher. Although this speech ended Samuel's political leadership, he continued his spiritual work for a while (for example, 1 Samuel 19:24).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2517-25. Is it not wheat harvest to-day?--That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless. There could not, therefore, have been a stronger or more appropriate proof of a divine mission than the phenomenon of rain and thunder happening, without any prognostics of its approach, upon the prediction of a person professing himself to be a prophet of the Lord, and giving…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 12
- 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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