1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.

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WEBBE

Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.

BSB

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.

KJV

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

ASV

Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

BBE

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;

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הִנֵּה hi·neh here H2009 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 בָּאִים ba·'im [are] coming H935 וְגָדַעְתִּי ve·ga·da'·ti and I will cut off H1438 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 זְרֹעֲךָ ze·ro·'a·kha arm your H2220 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 זְרֹעַ ze·ro·a' [the] arm of H2220 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 אָבִיךָ 'a·vi·kha ancestor your H1 מִהְיוֹת mih·yot from being H1961 זָקֵן za·ken an old [man] H2205 בְּבֵיתֶךָ be·vei·te·kha in house your H1004

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–36

Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want of hands to carry it on. Christ is that merciful and faithful High Priest, whom God raised up when the Levitical priesthood was thrown off, who in all things did his Father's mind, and for whom God will build a sure house, build it on a rock, so that hell cannot prevail against it.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.