1 Samuel 2:33

The man of yours, whom I don’t cut off from my altar, will consume your eyes and grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.

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WEBBE

The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.

BSB

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

KJV

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

ASV

And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.

BBE

But one man of your family will not be cut off by my hand, and his eyes will be made dark, and grief will be in his heart: and all the offspring of your family will come to their end by the sword of men.

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וְאִישׁ ve·'ish and a man H376 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 אַכְרִית 'akh·rit I will cut off H3772 לְךָ le·kha to (the) you H9031 מֵעִם me·'im from with H5973 מִזְבְּחִי miz·be·chi altar my H4196 לְכַלּוֹת le·kha·lot to cause to fail H3615 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֵינֶיךָ 'ei·nei·kha eyes your H5869 וְלַאֲדִיב ve·la·'a·div and to cause to grieve H109 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 נַפְשֶׁךָ naf·she·kha self your H5315 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 מַרְבִּית mar·bit [the] increase of H4768 בֵּיתְךָ bei·te·kha house your H1004 יָמוּתוּ ya·mu·tu they will die H4191 אֲנָשִׁים 'a·na·shim men H582

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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