1 Samuel 2:32
Other Translations of 1 Samuel 2:32
New International Version
32 and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.
English Standard Version
32 Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
The Message
32 You'll see good things that I'm doing in Israel, but you'll see it and weep, for no one in your family will live to enjoy it.
New King James Version
32 And you will see an enemy in My dwelling place, despite all the good which God does for Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
New Living Translation
32 You will watch with envy as I pour out prosperity on the people of Israel. But no members of your family will ever live out their days.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:32
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.