What Does 1 Samuel 12:7 Mean?

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“Now therefore stand still”

to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue

“that I may reason”

to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“with you before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of all the righteous acts”

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he did”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“to you and to your fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application