Parallel Verses
Amplified
Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
New American Standard Bible
Behold,
King James Version
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
Holman Bible
“‘Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.
International Standard Version
The time is coming when I'll cut away at your family and your ancestor's family until there are no old men left in your family.
A Conservative Version
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
Bible in Basic English
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
Darby Translation
Behold, days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, the days coming and I cut off thy seed and the seed of thy father's house from being old in thy house.
King James 2000
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, days [are] coming when I will cut off your {strength} and the {strength} of the house of your ancestor {so that no one in your house will live to old age}.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, the days come when I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house, so that no old man shall be in your house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, the days will come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an elder in thine house.
NET Bible
In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father's house. There will not be an old man in your house!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! days are coming, when I will hew off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father, - that there shall be no elder in thy house;
Webster
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thy arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
World English Bible
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming, and I have cut off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father, that an old man is not in thy house;
Themes
Abiathar » High priest. Called ahimelech in » Thrust out of office by solomon
Eli » Prophecies of judgments upon his house
Eli » Characteristics of » Unfaithfulness to stewardship
The high priest » Family of eli degraded from office of, for bad conduct
Topics
Interlinear
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Z@rowa`
'ab
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 2:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Rebukes Eli
30
Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and that of [Aaron] your father would walk [in priestly service] before Me forever.’ But now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be insignificant and contemptible.
31 Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
32
You will look at the distress of My
Names
Cross References
1 Samuel 22:17-20
And the king said to the guards who stood around him, “Turn around and kill the priests of the Lord, because their
1 Samuel 4:2
The Philistines assembled in battle formation to meet Israel, and when the battle was over, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield.
1 Samuel 4:11-20
Also the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed.
1 Samuel 14:3
and Ahijah the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest at Shiloh, was wearing the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
1 Kings 2:26-27
Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth to your own fields, for you
1 Kings 2:35
The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place, and appointed Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.
Job 22:9
“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.
Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].
Ezekiel 30:21-24
“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and behold, it has not been bound up to heal or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to hold and wield the sword.
Ezekiel 44:10
But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear the punishment for their sin and guilt.