1 Samuel 2:33

Translations

Modern

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

Traditional

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

Literal

And the man I do not cut off of you from My altar I will consume your eyes and grieve your heart, and all the seed of your house will die by the sword of men.

Latin

Verumtamen non auferam penitus virum ex te ab altari meo: sed ut deficiant oculi tui, et tabescat anima tua: et pars magna domus tuæ morietur cum ad virilem ætatem venerit.

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English

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

Notes

1 Samuel 2:32–33

reach old age: In the Old Testament, a short life often shows God's disapproval. A long life shows God's blessing (see Genesis 15:15; 1 Kings 3:14; Psalm 91:16).

Theme notes and profiles

Abiathar Eli Zadok The Priestly Blessing

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1 Kings 2:26–27
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
1 Kings 1:7
So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
1 Kings 1:19
And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not invited your servant Solomon.
1 Samuel 22:21–23
And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
Matthew 2:16–18
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Glossary

Eli Phinehas Priests and Levites Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Zadok

Topics

Abiathar: High Priest--Called Ahimelech: Thrust out of office by Solomon Eli: Prophecies of Judgments Upon his House Hophni: Sin of Judgments: Eli's House Natural Life: Sometimes Judicially Shortened Parents: Indulgent: Eli Parents: Involved in Children's Wickedness The High Priest: Family of Eli Degraded from office of, for Bad Conduct

1 Samuel 2:33

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