1 Samuel 2:34

“‘This will be the sign to you, that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.

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WEBBE

This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.

BSB

And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

KJV

And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

ASV

And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall die both of them.

BBE

And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

Original Hebrew

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וְזֶה־ ve·zeh- and this H2088 לְּךָ le·kha for (the) you H9031 הָאוֹת ha·'ot [will be] the sign H226 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 יָבֹא ya·vo' it will come H935 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 שְׁנֵי she·nei [the] two H8147 בָנֶיךָ va·nei·kha sons your H1121 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 חָפְנִי cha·fe·ni Hophni H2652 וּפִינְחָס u·fin·chas and Phinehas H6372 בְּיוֹם be·yom on a day H3117 אֶחָד 'e·chad one H259 יָמוּתוּ ya·mu·tu they will die H4191 שְׁנֵיהֶם she·nei·hem both of them H8147

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.