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1 Samuel 2:33

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2:33Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your57 eyes to fail58 and will cause you grief.59 All of those born to your family60 will die in the prime of life.61

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Footnotes

  1. 57 The , a Qumran , and a few old Latin have the third person pronominal suffix “his” here.
  2. 58 Heb “to cause your eyes to fail.” Elsewhere this verb, when used of eyes, refers to bloodshot eyes resulting from weeping, prolonged staring, or illness (see Lev 26:16; Pss 69:3; 119:82; Lam 2:11; 4:17).
  3. 59 Heb “and to cause your soul grief.”
  4. 60 Heb “and all the increase of your house.”
  5. 61 The text is difficult. The literally says “they will die [as] men.” Apparently the meaning is that they will be cut off in the prime of their life without reaching old age. The and a Qumran , however, have the additional word “sword” (“they will die by the sword of men”). This is an easier reading (cf. , , , , ), but that fact is not in favor of its originality.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Any man from your family I do not cut off from my altar will bring grief and sadness to you. All your descendants will die violently.

NLTNew Living Translation

The few not cut off from serving at my altar will survive, but only so their eyes can go blind and their hearts break, and their children will die a violent death.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The only one I will not cut off from my altar is you. Rather, to cause your eyes to fail and to cause your soul to grieve, all the members of your household will die as men.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.