King James Version
1 Samuel 2:31 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 2:31 · KJV
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?
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.
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.
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. an enemy: or, the affliction of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would have given Israel
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. in the flower: Heb. men
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold the days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the arm”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the arm”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of thy father's”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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