1 Samuel 2:30 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 2:30 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לָכֵ֗ן
kên
H3651
thus
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָה֮
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
אָמ֣וֹר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אָמַ֔רְתִּי
ʼâmar
H559
to say
בֵּֽיתְךָ֙
bayith
H1004
house
וּבֵ֣ית
bayith
H1004
house
אָבִ֔יךָ
ʼâb
H1
father
יִתְהַלְּכ֥וּ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
לְפָנַ֖י
pânîym
H6440
face
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
עוֹלָ֑ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
וְעַתָּ֤ה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
חָלִ֣ילָה
châlîylâh
H2486
God forbid
לִּ֔י
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
מְכַבְּדַ֥י
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
אֲכַבֵּ֖ד
kâbad
H3513
to be heavy
וּבֹזַ֥י
bâzâh
H959
to despise
יֵקָֽלּוּ
qâlal
H7043
to be light
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World English Bible Public Domain
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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King James Version Public Domain
Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore’—the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Israel—‘saying, I said your house and the house of your father would walk about to my face forever. But now’—the declaration of Yahweh—‘profane to me! For the ones honoring me, I will honor, but the ones disdaining me, they will despise.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).