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Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 3:19

And Samuel grew, & the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Samuel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Samuel;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Good;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Word;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Round;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Prophecy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genesis, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and he fulfilled everything Samuel prophesied.
Hebrew Names Version
Shemu'el grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
King James Version
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Lexham English Bible
And Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him. He did not allow any of his prophecies to go unfulfilled.
English Standard Version
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
New Century Version
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up; he did not let any of Samuel's messages fail to come true.
New English Translation
Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.
Amplified Bible
Now Samuel grew; and the LORD was with him and He let none of his words fail [to be fulfilled].
New American Standard Bible
Now Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of his words fail.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
Contemporary English Version
As Samuel grew up, the Lord helped him and made everything Samuel said come true.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sh'mu'el kept growing, Adonai was with him, and he let none of his words fall to the ground.
Darby Translation
And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord was with Samuel while he grew up. He did not let any of Samuel's messages prove false.
George Lamsa Translation
And Samuel knew that the LORD was with him, and he did not ignore any of his words.
Good News Translation
As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and made come true everything that Samuel said.
Literal Translation
And Samuel grew up, and Jehovah was with him, and did not let any of his words fall to the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samuel grewe vp, & the LORDE was wt him, & there fell none of all his wordes vpo the earth.
American Standard Version
And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Bible in Basic English
And Samuel became older, and the Lord was with him and let not one of his words be without effect.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
King James Version (1611)
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
English Revised Version
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
Berean Standard Bible
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Samuel encreeside, and the Lord was with hym, and noon of alle hise wordis felde in to erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;
Update Bible Version
And Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did not let any of his words fall to the ground.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
World English Bible
Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
New King James Version
So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
New Living Translation
As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable.
New Life Bible
Samuel grew. And the Lord was with him and made everything he said come true.
New Revised Standard
As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samuel grew, - and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and not one of his words fell to the ground.
Revised Standard Version
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
THE MESSAGE
Samuel grew up. God was with him, and Samuel's prophetic record was flawless. Everyone in Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, recognized that Samuel was the real thing—a true prophet of God . God continued to show up at Shiloh, revealed through his word to Samuel at Shiloh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fail.

Contextual Overview

19 And Samuel grew, & the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel fro Dan to Beer-sheba knew that faithfull Samuel was the Lordes Prophet. 21 And the Lorde appeared againe in Shiloh: for the Lorde reueiled himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

grew: 1 Samuel 2:21, Judges 13:24, Luke 1:80, Luke 2:40, Luke 2:52

the Lord: 1 Samuel 18:14, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:21-23, Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:28, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 2 Timothy 4:22

let none: 1 Samuel 9:6, 1 Kings 8:56, Isaiah 44:26

Reciprocal: Joshua 23:14 - not one thing 1 Samuel 12:2 - I have walked 1 Samuel 16:18 - the Lord 1 Kings 18:12 - from my youth 2 Kings 3:12 - The word 2 Kings 10:10 - fall unto the earth Ecclesiastes 12:1 - Remember Ezekiel 33:33 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
Genesis 3:13
And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
Genesis 3:16
Vnto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy sorowes, and thy conceptions. In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children, and thy desire shalbe subiect to thine husbande, and he shall rule ouer thee.
Genesis 3:21
Vnto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coates of skinnes, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill. And nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life & eate & liue for euer,
Genesis 18:27
Then Abraham answered and said, Behold nowe, I haue begun to speake vnto my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes.
Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight.
Job 1:21
And sayd, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the Lord hath giuen, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be the Name of the Lord.
Job 19:26
And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
Job 21:26
They shal sleepe both in the dust, & the wormes shal couer them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel grew,.... Not only in years and stature, but in grace and goodness, in wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, both with respect to things natural and spiritual, and in esteem, credit, and reputation among men:

and the Lord was with him; he was not only in favour with men, but with God; and had fresh and repeated tokens of the grace and good will of God towards him; he indulged him with his presence, and assisted him in his service, and prospered and succeeded him in all things in which he was engaged. The Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was his help;''

the essential Word of God, the Messiah:

and did let none of his words fall to the ground x; in allusion either to water that falls to the ground, and becomes useless, or to an arrow falling out of the bow, and to the ground, before it reaches the mark, and so unsuccessful y; or to any weapon of war, sword or spear, falling out of the hand of the soldier, whereby he is disarmed and rendered unserviceable: and these words, according to Kimchi, and in which he is followed by Abarbinel, are to be understood, not only of the words which he spake by the Holy Ghost under a spirit of prophecy, and had their exact accomplishment; but his common words, which were spoken by weight and measure, as the last expresses it, and which were delivered out according to the rules of justice, probity, and truth; and so he failed not of performing that which he had said, or of doing what was right, whereby Israel knew he was fit, prepared, and designed to be a prophet of the Lord, as in the following verse; but it seems rather to have respect to the things predicted by him under a spirit of prophecy concerning Eli and his house, which soon began to be fulfilled.

x χαμαιπετες επος, Pindar. Pythia, Ode 6. y Vid. Homer. Iliad. 17. ver. 633.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:19. Samuel grew — Increased to manhood.

The Lord was with him — Teaching him, and filling him with grace and holiness.

None of his words fall — Whatever prediction he uttered, God fulfilled it; and his counsels were received as coming from the Lord.


 
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