1 Samuel 2:36

It will happen, that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”

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WEBBE

It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”

BSB

And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”

KJV

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

ASV

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

BBE

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.

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וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will be H1961 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 הַנּוֹתָר ha·no·tar (the) [one who] remains H3498 בְּבֵיתְךָ be·vei·te·kha in house your H1004 יָבוֹא ya·vo' he will come H935 לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת le·hish·ta·cha·vot to bow down H7812 לוֹ lo to (the) him H9033 לַאֲגוֹרַת la·'a·go·rat for a payment of H95 כֶּסֶף ke·sef silver H3701 וְכִכַּר־ ve·khi·kar- and a round loaf of H3603 לָחֶם la·chem bread H3899 וְאָמַר ve·'a·mar and he will say H559 סְפָחֵנִי se·fa·che·ni attach me H5596 נָא na' please H4994 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אַחַת 'a·chat one of H259 הַכְּהֻנּוֹת ha·ke·hu·not the priesthoods H3550 לֶאֱכֹל le·'e·khol to eat H398 פַּת־ pat- a piece of H6595 לָחֶם ס la·chem bread H3899

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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