1 Samuel 2:32 “You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good i…”

1 Samuel 2:32

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt behold the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt see thine enemie in the habitation of the Lord in all thinges wherewith God shall blesse Israel, and there shall not be an olde man in thine house for euer.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt see an oppressor [in my] habitation, amidst all the good that shall be done to Israel; and there shall not be an old man in thy house for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast beheld an adversary [in My] habitation, in all that He doth good with Israel, and there is not an old man in thy house all the days.

Bible in Basic English

And never again will there be an old man in your family.

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Cross references

“an enemy, etc.”

1 Samuel 4:11 Psalm 78:59–64 1 Samuel 4:4 1 Samuel 4:22

1 Samuel 4:11 · BSB

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Psalm 78:59–64 · BSB

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

1 Samuel 4:4 · BSB

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the…

1 Samuel 4:22 · BSB

“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”

“an old man”

Zechariah 8:4

Zechariah 8:4 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.

Also

1 Kings 2:26–27

1 Kings 2:26–27 · BSB

Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David,…

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

In context

31Behold, 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.

33And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

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