1 Samuel 12:17

Translations

Modern

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

Traditional

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.

Literal

Is it not the harvest of wheat this day? I will call to YHWH, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the eyes of YHWH in asking for yourselves a king.”

Latin

Numquid non messis tritici est hodie? invocabo Dominum, et dabit voces et pluvias: et scietis, et videbitis, quia grande malum feceritis vobis in conspectu Domini, petentes super vos regem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

Notes

1 Samuel 12:17

The wheat harvest happened in late spring or early summer when it rarely rained in Israel. Thunder and rain would show God's power as a sign of the people's wrongdoing in asking for a king.

1 Samuel 12:6–25

In 1 Samuel 12:1–5, Samuel examined himself and was found innocent. In 1 Samuel 12:6–25, he examined the nation and found it guilty.

1 Samuel 12:1–25

The confirmation of Saul as king at Gilgal was the last step in making him king (1 Samuel 11:12–15). It was also a suitable time for Samuel to give his farewell speech as Israel's leader.

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

1 Samuel 8:7
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
1 Samuel 7:9–10
Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
James 5:16–18
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

Glossary

Bethel (Place), Bethelite Famine Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Kings: Sin of Israel in Seeking Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Phenomena of Rain in Answer to Samuel's Prayer Miracles: Catalogue of Thunder Miracles: Design of Rain: Extraordinary: During Wheat Harvest in the Days of Samuel Rain: Miraculously Caused by Samuel Repentance in Asking for a King Symbols and Similitudes: Rain and Thunder The Harvest of Wheat at Pentecost The Harvest: Miraculous Thunder In Thunder: A Sign of Divine Anger

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