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1 Samuel 12:2

Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

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ASV

And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.

KJV

And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְmit.ha.Lekh[is] walking aboutH1980 →
לִפְנֵיכֶ֗םlif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440 →
וַאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589 →
זָקַ֣נְתִּיza.Kan.tiI am oldH2204 →
וָשַׂ֔בְתִּיva.Sav.tiand I am gray hairedH7867 →
וּבָנַ֖יu.va.Naiand sons myH1121 →
הִנָּ֣םhi.Namhere theyH2009 →
אִתְּכֶ֑ם'i.te.Khem[are] with youH854 →
וַאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589 →
הִתְהַלַּ֣כְתִּיhit.ha.Lakh.tiI have walked aboutH1980 →
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440 →
מִנְּעֻרַ֖יmi.ne.'u.Raisince youth<s> myH5271 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”1 Samuel 8:1When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.1 Samuel 8:20Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”Numbers 27:17who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.1 Samuel 3:19–20And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.2 Peter 1:14because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.1 Samuel 3:16but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.1 Samuel 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’Isaiah 46:3–4“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.Psalms 71:18Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.1 Samuel 14:47After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

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