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1 Samuel 2:31

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2:31In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength51 and the strength52 of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

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Footnotes

  1. 51 Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.
  2. 52 Heb “arm.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your forefather’s family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

NLTNew Living Translation

The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of the house of your ancestor so that no one in your house will live to old age.

KJV 1900King 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.