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All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the days are 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming when I will eliminate your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father&#8217s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, and I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your forefather’s family, so that none in your family will reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220 &#8216Look, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The time will come when I will kill you and everyone else in your family. Not one of you will live to an old age. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The time is coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that no one will grow old in your family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Listen, the time is coming when I will kill all the young men in your family and your clan, so that no man in your family will live to be old. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father?s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, the days come, that I will cut off your descendants, and the descendants of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, days [are] coming, and I have cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, that an old man is not in your house;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the days coming and I cut off thy seed and the seed of thy father's house from being old in thy house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold the days come: and 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yes, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in your family lives to old age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family, so that no one in your family will live to old age.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your offspring and the offspring of your father, that there shall not be an old man in your house,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, days are coming, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall cut off your arm and the arm of your father, and there shall not be an old man in your house<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy father's house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/2-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=656" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/2.htm">A Prophecy Against the House of Eli</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">30</span>Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained. <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·’îm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">are coming</a> <a href="/hebrew/1438.htm" title="1438: wə·ḡā·ḏa‘·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To hew, hew down or off. A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.">when I will cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: zə·rō·‘ă·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">your strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: zə·rō·a‘ (N-fsc) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">and the strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: zā·qên (Adj-ms) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">so that no older man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: mih·yō·wṯ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be left</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in your house.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27</a></span><br />So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a></span><br />And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-14.htm">1 Kings 14:14</a></span><br />Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a></span><br />Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-31.htm">1 Kings 2:31-33</a></span><br />And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed. / The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army. / Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10-16</a></span><br />Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. / Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them. / Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-26.htm">Ezekiel 7:26</a></span><br />Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Jeremiah 23:11-12</a></span><br />“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. / “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14-15</a></span><br />therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers. / And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Lamentations 2:3</a></span><br />In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">Malachi 2:1-9</a></span><br />“And now this decree is for you, O priests: / If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. / Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-41.htm">Matthew 21:41-43</a></span><br />“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” / Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? / Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a></span><br />Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-52.htm">Luke 1:52</a></span><br />He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-16.htm">Luke 20:16</a></span><br />He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-2.htm">1 Samuel 4:2,11,17-20</a></b></br> And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-3.htm">1 Samuel 14:3</a></b></br> And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/22-17.htm">1 Samuel 22:17-20</a></b></br> And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also <i>is</i> with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-20.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/judges/8-9.htm">Break</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm">House</a> <a href="/ruth/4-18.htm">Line</a> <a href="/ruth/2-7.htm">Short</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-10.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/1-10.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-26.htm">Break</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm">House</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm">Line</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-15.htm">Short</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-29.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-2.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-1.htm">Hannah's song in thankfulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">The sin of Eli's sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">Samuel's ministry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-20.htm">by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-22.htm">Eli reproves his sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-27.htm">A prophecy against Eli's house</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Behold, the days are coming</b><br>This phrase introduces a prophetic declaration, indicating a future event that is certain to occur. In biblical prophecy, "the days are coming" often signals a divine intervention or judgment. This phrase is used similarly in other prophetic contexts, such as <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31</a>, where God promises a new covenant. It underscores the certainty and imminence of God's actions.<p><b>when I will cut off your strength</b><br>The "strength" here refers to the power and influence of Eli's priestly line. In ancient Israel, the priesthood held significant religious and social authority. The cutting off of strength symbolizes the end of this authority and influence. This judgment is a direct consequence of the corruption and sins of Eli's sons, Hophni and Phinehas, as described earlier in <a href="/1_samuel/2.htm">1 Samuel 2</a>. The removal of strength is both a literal and spiritual weakening of Eli's house.<p><b>and the strength of your father’s house</b><br>This phrase extends the judgment to Eli's ancestral line, indicating that the consequences of sin affect not only the immediate generation but also future ones. Eli's lineage is traced back to Ithamar, one of Aaron's sons, suggesting a broader impact on the priestly line. This reflects the biblical principle of generational consequences for sin, as seen in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children.<p><b>so that no one in it will reach old age</b><br>The judgment includes a specific curse of premature death, preventing members of Eli's family from reaching old age. This is a severe consequence in a culture that valued longevity as a sign of God's blessing and favor. The fulfillment of this prophecy is seen later in <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">1 Samuel 22:18-20</a>, where most of Eli's descendants are killed by King Saul. The absence of old age signifies a lack of stability and continuity for Eli's house, contrasting with the biblical ideal of a long life as a reward for righteousness, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/16-31.htm">Proverbs 16:31</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eli.htm">Eli</a></b><br>The high priest of Israel during the time of Samuel's birth. He is a central figure in this passage as the prophecy is directed towards him and his household.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hophni_and_phinehas.htm">Hophni and Phinehas</a></b><br>Eli's sons, who were priests but acted wickedly, leading to God's judgment on Eli's house.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shiloh.htm">Shiloh</a></b><br>The religious center of Israel at the time, where the tabernacle was located and where Eli served as priest.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man_of_god.htm">The Man of God</a></b><br>An unnamed prophet who delivers God's message of judgment to Eli regarding the future of his family.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_eli.htm">The House of Eli</a></b><br>Refers to Eli's lineage, which is under judgment due to the sins of Eli's sons and Eli's failure to restrain them.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The passage highlights the serious consequences of sin, especially for those in spiritual leadership. Eli's failure to discipline his sons led to a generational curse on his family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>God's judgment on Eli's house demonstrates His commitment to justice and righteousness. He holds leaders accountable for their actions and the actions of those under their authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_godly_leadership.htm">The Importance of Godly Leadership</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders are called to uphold God's standards and lead by example. Eli's account serves as a warning to maintain integrity and discipline within one's household.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact.htm">Generational Impact</a></b><br>The sins of one generation can affect future generations. This underscores the importance of living a life that honors God and sets a positive example for descendants.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_change.htm">Repentance and Change</a></b><br>While the prophecy against Eli's house was severe, it serves as a reminder of the need for repentance and change to avert God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_doeg_plausibly_kill_85_priests.htm">How historically plausible is it that one person like Doeg could have slaughtered 85 priests in one event (1 Samuel 22:18)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_were_david's_aiding_priests_harmed.htm">How do we reconcile God’s protection of David with the horrific outcome that befell the priests who assisted him (1 Samuel 22)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_priest_violence_sanctioned_(1_sam_22_19).htm">Why does this text present such severe violence against priests as sanctioned or uninterrupted (1 Samuel 22:19)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_enemies_to_take_the_ark.htm">Why would an omnipotent God allow His sacred Ark to be taken by enemies (1 Samuel 4:11)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">I will cut off thine arm.</span>--"The arm" signifies power and strength: "Thy power and strength, and that of thy house is doomed." (See for the figure <a href="/job/22-9.htm" title="You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.">Job 22:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/37-17.htm" title="For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.">Psalm 37:17</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">And there shall not be an old man in thine house.</span>--No one more in thy house, O High Priest, who hast so signally failed in thy solemn duty, shall attain <span class= "ital">to </span>old age; sickness or the sword shall ever early consume its members. This strange denunciation of the <span class= "ital">"</span>man of God" is emphasised by being repeated in the next (32) verse, and in different words again in <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm" title="And the man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall be to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.">1Samuel 2:33</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will cut off thine arm.</span> The <span class="accented">arm</span> is the usual metaphor for strength. As Eli had preferred the exaltation of his sons to God's honour, he is condemned to see the strength of his house broken. Nay, more; there is not to be an "old man in his house." The young men full of energy and vigour perish by the sword; the Survivors fade away by disease. The Jews say that the house of Ithamar was peculiarly short-lived, but the prophecy was amply fulfilled in the slaughter of Eli's house, first at Shiloh, and then at Nob by Doeg the Edomite at the command of Saul. There is nothing to warrant an abiding curse upon his family. The third or fourth generation is the limit of the visitation of the sins of the fathers upon the children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/2-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are coming</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I will cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָֽדַעְתִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·ḏa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fell a, tree, to destroy anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your strength</span><br /><span class="heb">זְרֹ֣עֲךָ֔</span> <span class="translit">(zə·rō·‘ă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> </span><span class="str2">The arm, the foreleg, force</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the strength</span><br /><span class="heb">זְרֹ֖עַ</span> <span class="translit">(zə·rō·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> </span><span class="str2">The arm, the foreleg, force</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your father's</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that no older man</span><br /><span class="heb">זָקֵ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(zā·qên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be left</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽהְי֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mih·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your house.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇê·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/2-31.htm">1 Samuel 2:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/2-31.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 2:31 Behold the days come that I will (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/2-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/2-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 2:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 2:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>