1 Samuel 2 Interlinear

there is none holy as the lord for there is none beside thee neither is there any rock like our god

talk 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

the bows of the mighty men are broken and they that stumbled are girded with strength

they that were full have hired out themselves for bread and they that were hungry ceased so that the barren hath born seven and she that hath many children is waxed feeble

the lord killeth and maketh alive he bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up

the lord maketh poor and maketh rich he bringeth low and lifteth up

he raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill to set them among princes and to make them inherit the throne of glory for the pillars of the earth are the lords and he hath set the world

he will keep the feet of his saints and the wicked shall be silent in darkness for by strength shall no man prevail

the adversaries of the lord shall be broken to pieces out of heaven shall he thunder upon them the lord shall judge the ends of the earth and he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn of his anointed

and elkanah went to ramah to his house and the child did minister unto the lord before eli the priest

now the sons of eli were sons of belial they knew not the lord

and the priests custom with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice the priests servant came while the flesh was in seething with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand

and he struck it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself so they did in shiloh unto all the israelites that came

also before they burnt the fat the priests servant came and said to the man that sacrificed give flesh to roast for the priest for he will not have sodden flesh of thee but raw

and if any man said unto him let them not fail to burn the fat presently and then take as much as thy soul desireth then he would answer him nay but thou shalt give it me now and if not i will take it by force

wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the lord for men abhorred the offering of the lord

but samuel ministered before the lord being a child girded with a linen ephod

moreover his mother made him a little coat and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice

and eli blessed elkanah and his wife and said the lord give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the lord and they went unto their own home

and the lord visited hannah so that she conceived and bare three sons and two daughters and the child samuel grew before the lord

now eli was very old and heard all that his sons did unto all israel and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation

and he said unto them why do ye such things for i hear of your evil dealings by all this people

nay my sons for it is no good report that i hear ye make the lords people to transgress

if one man sin against another the judge shall judge him but if a man sin against the lord who shall intreat for him notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father because the lord would slay

and the child samuel grew on and was in favour both with the lord and also with men

and there came a man of god unto eli and said unto him thus saith the lord did i plainly appear unto the house of thy father when they were in egypt in pharaohs house

and did i choose him out of all the tribes of israel to be my priest to offer upon mine altar to burn incense to wear an ephod before me and did i give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of israel

wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering which i have commanded in my habitation and honourest thy sons above me to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of israel my people

wherefore the lord god of israel saith i said indeed that thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever but now the lord saith be it far from me for them that honour me i will honour and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed

behold the days come that i will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy fathers house that there shall not be an old man in thine house

and thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation in all the wealth which god shall give israel and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever

and the man of thine whom i shall not cut off from mine altar shall be to consume thine eyes and to grieve thine heart and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age

and this shall be a sign unto thee that shall come upon thy two sons on hophni and phinehas in one day they shall die both

and i will raise me up a faithful priest that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind and i will build him a sure house and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever

and it shall come to pass that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread and shall say put me i pray thee into one of the priests offices that i may eat a piece of bread