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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 3:18 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
1Sa 3:18 |
King James |
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It is the Lord ... - Compare the devout submission of Aaron Lev 10:3, and of Hezekiah Kg2 20:19. And, for the highest conceivable submission to the will of God, compare Luk 22:42. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
It is the Lord - This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of Israel, to whom it properly belongs to punish all mine offences; whose chastisement I therefore accept. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Samuel told him every whit - Our word whit, or wid, comes from the Anglo-Saxon, which signifies person, thing, etc.; every whit is every thing. The Hebrew את כל הדברים et col haddebarim, "all these words."
It is the Lord - He is Sovereign, and will do what he pleases; he is righteous, and will do nothing but what is just.
Let him do what seemeth him good - There is much of a godly submission, as well as a deep sense of his own unworthiness, found in these words. He also had sinned, so as to be punished with temporal death; but surely there is no evidence that the displeasure of the Lord against him was extended to a future state. |
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.