KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 3:18
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
WEB World English Bible
Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, ‘It is Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 3
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.
21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word 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.
וַיַּגֶּד־H5046 · na.gadto tellל֤וֹH9033 · ohimשְׁמוּאֵל֙H8050 · she.mu.elSamuelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַדְּבָרִ֔יםH1697 · da.varwordוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotכִחֵ֖דH3582 · ka.chadto hideמִמֶּ֑נּוּH4480 · minfromוַיֹּאמַ֕רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהַטּ֥וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantבְּעֵינָ֖יוH5869 · a.yineyeיַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ פH6213 · a.sahto make: do
Cross-references
Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.Isaiah 39:8Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:Judges 10:15And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?Psalm 39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].2 Samuel 16:10-12And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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