King James Version
1 Samuel 3:14 in the King James Version says “And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice no...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.”
1 Samuel 3:14 · KJV
In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. when: Heb. beginning and ending
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. For I: or, And I will tell him vile: or, accursed restrained: Heb. frowned not upon them
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“And therefore I have sworn”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“with sacrifice”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
“nor offering”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
“for”
H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
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