1 Samuel 8:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 8:21

Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.

KJV

And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Samuel heard all the words of the people,.... Patiently, and without interruption; attentively heard them, took notice of them, laid them up in his memory; but gave no answer to them, but reported them to the Lord, as in the next clause: and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord; privately, in a free and familiar manner, with great exactness, as they were expressed; this he did, not before the people publicly, but in secret prayer, seeking for direction what he should further do, or what answer he should return to them.

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Not but that God perfectly knew it, without Samuel's report; but thus he dealt faithfully between God and Israel, as a prophet, returning the answer to him that sent him; and thus he waited on God for further direction. God is fully acquainted with the state of the case we are in care and doubt about, but he will know it from us.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע	vai.yish.Ma'	and he heard	H8085 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
אֵ֖ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
דִּבְרֵ֣י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
הָעָ֑ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וַֽיְדַבְּרֵ֖ם	vay.da.be.Rem	and he spoke them	H1696 →
בְּאָזְנֵ֥י	be.'a.ze.Nei	in [the] ears of	H241 →
יְהוָֽה׃ פ	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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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.

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Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
leads to
- Judges 20:1
  Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 10:17
  After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- Judges 10:17
  Then the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, and the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
- James 1:5
  Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- James 1:17
  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.