1 Samuel 3:18 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

BSB

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ASV

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.

KJV

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Samuel told him every whit - Our word whit, or wid, comes from the Anglo-Saxon, which signifies person, thing, etc.; every whit is every thing. The Hebrew את כל הדברים et col haddebarim, “all these words.” It is the Lord - He is Sovereign, and will do what he pleases; he is righteous, and will do nothing but what is just. Let him do what seemeth him good - There is much of a godly submission, as well as a deep sense of his own unworthiness, found in these words.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּגֶּד־	vai.ya.ged-	and he told	H5046 →
ל֤וֹ	lo	to <the> him
שְׁמוּאֵל֙	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַדְּבָרִ֔ים	ha.de.va.Rim	the words	H1697 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
כִחֵ֖ד	khi.Ched	he hid [them]	H3582 →
מִמֶּ֑נּוּ	mi.Me.nu	from him	H4480 →
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
ה֔וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
הַטּ֥וֹב	ha.Tov	the good	H2896 →
בְּעֵינָ֖יו	be.'ei.Nav	in eyes his	H5869 →
יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ פ	ya.'a.Seh	let him do	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
leads to
- James 4:10
  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- Luke 14:11
  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Matthew 23:12
  For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Through
Job 2:10
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
leads to
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Lamentations 3:38–41
  Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
Through
Job 1:21
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 5:15
  As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel