KJV King James Version
And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 3:17
And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘What is the word which He hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me; so doth God do to thee, and so doth He add, if thou hidest from me a word of all the words that He hath spoken unto thee.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 3
14 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.
15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.
17 And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide [any] thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel [was] established [to be] a prophet of the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמָ֤הH4100 · mahwhat?הַדָּבָר֙H1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֵלֶ֔יךָH413 · elto(wards)אַל־H408 · alnotנָ֥אH4994 · napleaseתְכַחֵ֖דH3582 · ka.chadto hideמִמֶּ֑נִּיH4480 · minfromכֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusיַעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלְּךָ֤H9031 · kayouאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodוְכֹ֣הH3541 · kohthusיוֹסִ֔יףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againאִם־H518 · imifתְּכַחֵ֤דH3582 · ka.chadto hideמִמֶּ֙נִּי֙H4480 · minfromדָּבָ֔רH1697 · da.varwordמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדָּבָ֖רH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֵלֶֽיךָ׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
2 Samuel 3:35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.Micah 2:7O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?1 Samuel 20:13The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.Daniel 4:19Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream [be] to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.Psalm 141:5Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.1 Kings 22:16And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but [that which is] true in the name of the LORD?2 Samuel 19:13And say ye to Amasa, [Art] thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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