1 Samuel 12:17
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Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
In other translations
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
Hebrew words
הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808קְצִיר־ketzir-[is] [the] harvest ofH7105חִטִּיםchitimwheat<s>H2406הַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117אֶקְרָא'ekra'I will call outH7121אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְיִתֵּןveyitenso he may giveH5414קֹלוֹתkolotthunder clapsH6963וּמָטָרumatarand rainH4306וּדְעוּude'uand knowH3045וּרְאוּure'uand seeH7200כִּי־ki-thatH3588רָעַתְכֶםra'atkhemevil yourH7451רַבָּהrabah[is] greatH7227אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עֲשִׂיתֶם'asitemyou have doneH6213בְּעֵינֵיbe'eineiin [the] eyes ofH5869יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לִשְׁאוֹלlish'olby askingH7592לָכֶםlakhemfor <the> yourselvesמֶלֶךְ׃ סmelekha kingH4428
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 8:7And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- Proverbs 26:1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- 1 Samuel 7:9-109 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. 10 As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- James 5:16-1816 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
- Joshua 10:12Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Psalm 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
- Jeremiah 15:1Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
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