1 Samuel 12:25
What does 1 Samuel 12:25 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 12:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.
Context
v.24Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
- Hosea 10:3
Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
- Joshua 24:20
If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 28:36
Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
- 1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
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