1 Samuel 2:33
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
Note Hebrew; LXX his eyes will fail and his heart will grieve
Note Or increase
Note DSS and LXX; MT will die as mortals or will die in the prime of life
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.
Note in the flower…: Heb. men
The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
Note or, blind your eyes with tears
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- to consume
- 1 Samuel 22:21–23; 1 Kings 1:7, 19; 1 Kings 2:26, 27; Matthew 2:16–18