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The Darby Translation
1 Samuel 12:16
Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
“Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
King James Version
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
Lexham English Bible
So then take your stand again and see this great thing that Yahweh is going to do before your eyes.
So then take your stand again and see this great thing that Yahweh is going to do before your eyes.
English Standard Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
New Century Version
"Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes.
"Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes.
New English Translation
"So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.
"So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.
Amplified Bible
"So now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
"So now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
New American Standard Bible
"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD is going to do before your eyes.
"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD is going to do before your eyes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe also stande and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.
Nowe also stande and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.
Legacy Standard Bible
Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Contemporary English Version
Just stand here and watch the Lord show his mighty power.
Just stand here and watch the Lord show his mighty power.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Now therefore, hold still; and see the great deed which Adonai will perform before your very eyes.
"Now therefore, hold still; and see the great deed which Adonai will perform before your very eyes.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes.
"Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes.
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore be ready, and see this great thing which the LORD will do for you.
Now therefore be ready, and see this great thing which the LORD will do for you.
Good News Translation
So then, stand where you are, and you will see the great thing which the Lord is going to do.
So then, stand where you are, and you will see the great thing which the Lord is going to do.
Literal Translation
Also, now present yourselves and see this great thing that Jehovah will do before your eyes.
Also, now present yourselves and see this great thing that Jehovah will do before your eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Stonde forth now also, and beholde this greate thinge, that the LORDE shal do before youre eyes.
Stonde forth now also, and beholde this greate thinge, that the LORDE shal do before youre eyes.
American Standard Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Jehovah will do before your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.
Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now also stand, & see this great thing whiche the Lorde will do before your eyes.
Now also stand, & see this great thing whiche the Lorde will do before your eyes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.
Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
English Revised Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also now stonde ye, and se this gret thing which the Lord schal make in youre siyt.
But also now stonde ye, and se this gret thing which the Lord schal make in youre siyt.
Young's Literal Translation
`Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;
`Also now, station yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah is doing before your eyes;
Update Bible Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
World English Bible
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
New King James Version
"Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes:
"Now therefore, stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes:
New Living Translation
"Now stand here and see the great thing the Lord is about to do.
"Now stand here and see the great thing the Lord is about to do.
New Life Bible
Now stand still and see this great thing which the Lord will do in front of your eyes.
Now stand still and see this great thing which the Lord will do in front of your eyes.
New Revised Standard
Now therefore take your stand and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
Now therefore take your stand and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even now, stand still and see this great thing, - which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes:
Even now, stand still and see this great thing, - which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight.
Now then stand, and see this great thing which the Lord will do in your sight.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
THE MESSAGE
"Pay attention! Watch this wonder that God is going to perform before you now! It's summer, as you well know, and the rainy season is over. But I'm going to pray to God . He'll send thunder and rain, a sign to convince you of the great wrong you have done to God by asking for a king."
"Pay attention! Watch this wonder that God is going to perform before you now! It's summer, as you well know, and the rainy season is over. But I'm going to pray to God . He'll send thunder and rain, a sign to convince you of the great wrong you have done to God by asking for a king."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Contextual Overview
16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, and he will send thunder and rain; and ye shall perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking for yourselves a king. 18 And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel. 19 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king. 20 And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: *ye* have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart; 21 and turn ye not aside; for [it would be] after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. 22 For Jehovah will not cast away his people for his great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way. 24 Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you. 25 But if ye do wickedly, ye shall perish, both ye and your king.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
stand: 1 Samuel 12:7, 1 Samuel 15:16, Exodus 14:13, Exodus 14:31
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:17 - Is it Joel 2:21 - for Malachi 1:5 - your
Cross-References
Genesis 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.
Genesis 12:14
And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Genesis 12:15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 20:14
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and bondmen and bondwomen, and gave [them] to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 24:35
And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.
And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.
Genesis 26:14
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 32:5
and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.
and I have oxen, and asses, sheep, and bondmen, and bondwomen; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thine eyes.
Job 1:3
And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.
And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.
Job 42:12
And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore stand,.... Which does not so much respect the position of their bodies as the fixed attention of their minds:
and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes; meaning the storm of thunder and rain which presently followed; which coming at a time when such things were not usual, and on a day when there was no appearance or likelihood of anything of this kind, and suddenly, at once, upon the prayer of Samuel, it was no less than a miracle, and might be called a "great thing", new and unheard of, and the pure effect of almighty power.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Samuel 12:16. This great thing — This unusual occurrence.
