1 Samuel 2:31 “Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the…”

1 Samuel 2:31

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, the dayes come, that I will cut off thine arme, and the arme of thy fathers house, that there shall not be an olde man in thine house.

Darby Translation

Behold, 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.

Young's Literal Translation

'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;

Bible in Basic English

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;

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Cross references

“I will cut”

1 Samuel 22:17–20 1 Samuel 4:2 1 Samuel 14:3 1 Kings 2:35 Job 22:9 Psalm 37:17

1 Samuel 22:17–20 · BSB

Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a h…

1 Samuel 4:2 · BSB

The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

1 Samuel 14:3 · BSB

including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

1 Kings 2:35 · BSB

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.

Job 22:9 · BSB

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Psalm 37:17 · BSB

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30Therefore, 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.

32You 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.

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