1 Samuel 2:31

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.

Behold, the days {H3117} come {H935}, that I will cut off {H1438} thine arm {H2220}, and the arm {H2220} of thy father's {H1} house {H1004}, that there shall not be an old man {H2205} in thine house {H1004}.

The day is coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's family, so that no one in your family will live to old age.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

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 thy house.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 22:17 (5 votes)

    And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

  • 1 Samuel 22:20 (5 votes)

    ¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

  • 1 Samuel 4:2 (2 votes)

    And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

  • 1 Samuel 14:3 (2 votes)

    And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

  • Ezekiel 30:21 (2 votes)

    Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

  • Ezekiel 30:24 (2 votes)

    And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded [man].

  • Psalms 37:17 (2 votes)

    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.