33 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.

Other Translations of 1 Samuel 2:33

King James Version

33 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.

English Standard Version

33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep hisSeptuagint; Hebrew your; twice in this verse eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendantsHebrew increase of your house shall die by the sword of men.Septuagint; Hebrew die as men

The Message

33 I will leave one person to serve at my altar, but it will be a hard life, with many tears. Everyone else in your family will die before their time.

New King James Version

33 But any of your men whom I do not cut off from My altar shall consume your eyes and grieve your heart. And all the descendants of your house shall die in the flower of their age.

New Living Translation

33 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.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:33

Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:27-36

(Read 1 Samuel 2:27-36)

Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want of hands to carry it on. Christ is that merciful and faithful High Priest, whom God raised up when the Levitical priesthood was thrown off, who in all things did his Father's mind, and for whom God will build a sure house, build it on a rock, so that hell cannot prevail against it.