1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

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WEBBE

Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the LORD’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.

BSB

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

KJV

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

ASV

And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

BBE

And Samuel kept where he was, not moving till the time came for opening the doors of the house of God in the morning. And fear kept him from giving Eli an account of his vision.

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וַיִּשְׁכַּב vai·yish·kav and he lay H7901 שְׁמוּאֵל she·mu·'el Samuel H8050 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 הַבֹּקֶר ha·bo·ker the morning H1242 וַיִּפְתַּח vai·yif·tach and he opened H6605 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 דַּלְתוֹת dal·tot [the] doors of H1817 בֵּית־ beit- [the] house of H1004 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 וּשְׁמוּאֵל u·she·mu·'el and Samuel H8050 יָרֵא ya·re' he was afraid H3372 מֵהַגִּיד me·ha·gid from telling H5046 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַמַּרְאָה ha·mar·'ah the vision H4759 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 עֵלִי 'e·li Eli H5941

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–18

What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not restrain the sins of others, when it is in their power to do it, make themselves partakers of the guilt, and will be charged as joining in it. In his remarkable answer to this awful sentence, Eli acknowledged that the Lord had a right to do as he saw good, being assured that he would do nothing wrong. The meekness, patience, and humility contained in those words, show that he was truly repentant; he accepted the punishment of his sin.

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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.