Tree of Life Version
1 Samuel 2:25
25If a man sins against another, God may pardon him; but if a man sins against Adonai, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because Adonai desired to put them to death.
1 Samuel 2:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
- New International Version (NIV)If one person sins against another, God may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who will intercede for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:25
23So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear evil reports from all these people concerning you. 24No, my sons! For this is not a good report that I hear Adonai’s people spreading around. If a man sins against another, God may pardon him; but if a man sins against Adonai, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because Adonai desired to put them to death. 26Meanwhile, the child Samuel kept growing and increasing in favor both with Adonai and also with men. 27Now there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says Adonai: Did I not reveal Myself clearly to the house of your father when they were in Egypt belonging to Pharaoh’s palace?
Read all of 1 Samuel 21 Samuel 2:25 word by word
אִם־יֶחֱטָ֨א אִ֤ישׁ לְאִישׁ֙ וּפִֽלְל֣וֹ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאִ֤ם לַֽיהוָה֙ יֶֽחֱטָא־אִ֔ישׁ מִ֖י יִתְפַּלֶּל־ל֑וֹ וְלֹ֤א יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ לְק֣וֹל אֲבִיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־חָפֵ֥ץ יְהוָ֖ה לַהֲמִיתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- If one manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- sinחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- the judgeאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- shall judgeפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
- against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- for him? Notwithstanding they hearkenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- not unto the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- of their fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- wouldחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
- slayמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:25
- Deuteronomy 17:8“Suppose a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—over bloodshed, legal claims or assault—matters of controversy within your gates. Then you should go up to the place Adonai your God chooses,
- Deuteronomy 25:1“Suppose there is a dispute between people and they approach the court, the judges hear their case, and declare one righteous and the other guilty.
- 1 Samuel 3:14Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”
- Numbers 15:30“But the person who sins defiantly, whether native or outsider, reviles Adonai and that person is to be cut off from his people.
- Psalms 51:4Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Hebrews 10:26For if we keep on sinning willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God and there is one Mediator between God and men—a human, Messiah Yeshua,
- Hebrews 7:25Therefore He is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, always living to make intercession for them.
- Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, because Adonai your God stiffened his spirit and hardened his heart, in order to hand him over to you this very day.
- Joshua 11:20For it was of Adonai to harden their hearts to encounter Israel in battle, that they might be put to the ban, that they might receive no mercy, in order to destroy them as Adonai had commanded Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 25:16But while he was still speaking to him, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped after he said, “Now I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have acted this way and have not listened to my counsel.”
- Proverbs 15:10Stern correction awaits one who forsakes the way. One who hates reproof will die.
- John 12:39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah also said,
- Psalms 116:10I trusted even when I said, “I am very afflicted”—
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25If one man sin against another - All differences between man and man may be settled by the proper judge; but if a man sin against the Supreme Judge, God himself, who shall reconcile him to his Maker? Your sin is immediately against God himself, and is the highest insult that can be offered, because it is in the matter of his own worship, therefore ye may expect his heaviest judgments. But if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? - This…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25The sense seems to be, If one man sin against another, the judge shall amerce him in the due penalty, and then he shall be free; but if he sin against the Lord, who shall act the part of judge and arbiter for him? His guilt must remain to the great day of judgment. Because the Lord would slay them - There is a sense in which whatever comes to pass is the accomplishment of God‘s sovereign will and pleasure, and all the previous steps, even when they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led him to indulge his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25God (or the judges; Hebrew ’elohim): The Hebrew word translated intercede is plural here. When ’elohim means "God" it often takes a singular verb. Some ancient translations interpret ’elohim as “judges” in this context. If so, the judges would mediate for the guilty in a human court. Yet, many Hebrew scholars argue that ’elohim should not be translated as “judges.” If so, how could God intercede for the man who sinned? Eli might have believed that court…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because--it should be therefore. the Lord would slay them--It was not God's preordination, but their own wilful and impenitent disobedience which was the cause of their destruction. 1Sa 2:27-35. A Prophecy against Eli's House.Read the comment
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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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