1 SAMUEL 2:30

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”

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1 Samuel 2:30 Translation & Meaning

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Wherefore לָכֵ֗ן Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) Wherefore
the Lord יְהוָה֮ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
God אֱלֹהֵ֣י Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
saith, נְאֻם An oracle saith
I said אָמ֣וֹר To say (used with great latitude) said
indeed אָמַ֔רְתִּי To say (used with great latitude) indeed
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
thy house, בֵּֽיתְךָ֙ A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
and the house וּבֵ֣ית A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) house
of thy father, אָבִ֔יךָ Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
should walk יִתְהַלְּכ֥וּ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) should walk
before לְפָנַ֖י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
me for עַד As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) me for
ever: עוֹלָ֑ם Properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always ever
but now וְעַתָּ֤ה At this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive now
the Lord יְהוָה֙ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
saith, נְאֻם An oracle saith
Be it far חָלִ֣ילָה Literal for a profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it! far
from me; for כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed from me for
them that honour מְכַבְּדַ֥י To be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses) honour
me I will honour, אֲכַבֵּ֖ד To be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses) honour
and they that despise וּבֹזַ֥י To disesteem despise
me shall be lightly esteemed. יֵקָֽלּוּ׃ To be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.) lightly esteemed

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  • 28  And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

  • 29  Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

  • 30  Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  • 31  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.

  • 32  And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.




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