1-samuel 2:31
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;
Webster's Revision
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thy arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
World English Bible
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
Clarke's 1-samuel 2:31 Bible Commentary
I will cut off thine arm - I will destroy the strength, power, and influence of thy family.
Barnes's 1-samuel 2:31 Bible Commentary
I will cut off thine arm ... - A strong phrase for breaking down the strength and power, of which the arm is the instrument in man (compare Zechariah 11:17). See 1 Samuel 2:33.
Wesley's 1-samuel 2:31 Bible Commentary
2:31 Arm — That is, I will take away thy strength, or all that in which thou placest thy confidence, either, 1. the ark, which is called God's strength, Psalms 78:61, and was Eli's strength, who therefore was not able to bear the very tidings of the loss of it. Or, 2. his priestly dignity or employment, whence he had all his honour and substance. Or rather, 3. his children, to whom the words following here, and in the succeeding verses, seem to confine it.
Father's house — That is, thy children's children, and all thy family which was in great measure accomplished, 1 Samuel 22:16, etc.
