1 Samuel 3:17

He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”

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WEBBE

He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”

BSB

“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”

KJV

And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

ASV

And he said, What is the thing that [Jehovah] hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.

BBE

And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 מָה mah what H4100 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var [was] the word H1697 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 דִּבֶּר di·ber he spoke H1696 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413 אַל־ 'al- may not H408 נָא na' please H4994 תְכַחֵד te·kha·ched you hide [it] H3582 מִמֶּנִּי mi·me·ni from me H4480 כֹּה koh thus H3541 יַעֲשֶׂה־ ya·'a·seh- may he do H6213 לְּךָ le·kha to (the) you H9031 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 וְכֹה ve·khoh and thus H3541 יוֹסִיף yo·sif may he add H3254 אִם־ 'im- if H518 תְּכַחֵד te·kha·ched you will hide H3582 מִמֶּנִּי mi·me·ni from me H4480 דָּבָר da·var a word H1697 מִכָּל־ mi·kol from all H3605 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the word H1697 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 דִּבֶּר di·ber he spoke H1696 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413

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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