1 Samuel 2:3
What does 1 Samuel 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ye multiply not--ye speak haughtily--The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is aGod of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Psalms 94:7
And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
- Isaiah 37:23
Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:39
then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
- Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
- Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
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