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Good News Translation

1 Samuel 2:3

Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the Lord is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Arrogance;   Barrenness;   Cruelty;   God Continued...;   Hannah;   Joy;   Poetry;   Praise;   Pride;   Psalms;   Samuel;   Satire;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arrogance;   God's;   Hannah;   Humility-Pride;   Knowledge;   Knowledge, Divine;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Knowledge;   Pride/arrogance;   Speech/communication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Pride;   Wisdom of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hophni and Phinehas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hannah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Pride;   Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Mary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Prayer;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Magnificat;   Poetry;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hannah;   Joy;   Mary;   Priests and Levites;   Psalms;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hymn;   Mary, the Virgin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Hannah;   Samuel first and second books of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Han'nah;   Horn;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Arrogancy;   Equal;   Hannah;   Intercession;   Poetry, Hebrew;   Prayer;   Samuel, Books of;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Didascalia;   Prayer;   Skeptic;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 8;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not boast so proudly,or let arrogant words come out of your mouth,for the Lord is a God of knowledge,and actions are weighed by him.
Hebrew Names Version
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
Do not increase speaking very proud words! Let no arrogance go forth from your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge whose deeds are not weighed.
English Standard Version
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
New Century Version
"Don't continue bragging, don't speak proud words. The Lord is a God who knows everything, and he judges what people do.
New English Translation
Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
Amplified Bible
"Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And by Him actions are weighed (examined).
New American Standard Bible
"Do not go on boasting so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Speake no more presumptuously: let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him enterprises are established.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not multiply speaking so very proudly;Let arrogance not come out of your mouth;For Yahweh is a God of knowledge,And with Him actions are weighed.
Contemporary English Version
I can tell those proud people, "Stop your boasting! Nothing is hidden from the Lord , and he judges what we do."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Stop your proud boasting! Don't let arrogance come from your mouth! For Adonai is a God of knowledge, and he appraises actions.
Darby Translation
Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't continue bragging. Don't speak proud words, because the Lord God knows everything. He leads and judges people.
George Lamsa Translation
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouths; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and no devices can stand before him.
Literal Translation
Do not multiply your haughty words; let not arrogance go out from your mouth; for Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let go yor greate boostinge of hye thynges, let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde: for the LORDE is a God yt knoweth all thinges, & he hath set all workes in order.
American Standard Version
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
Bible in Basic English
Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Talke no more proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouthes: for the Lorde is a God of knowledge, and his purposes come to passe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Multiply not exceeding proud talk; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
King James Version (1611)
Talke no more so exceeding proudly, let not arrogancie come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nyle ye multiplie to speke hiye thingis, and haue glorie; elde thingis go awey fro youre mouth; for God is Lord of kunnyngis, and thouytis ben maad redi to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge [is] Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.
Update Bible Version
Don't talk anymore so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
Webster's Bible Translation
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
World English Bible
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed.
New King James Version
"Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
New Living Translation
"Stop acting so proud and haughty! Don't speak with such arrogance! For the Lord is a God who knows what you have done; he will judge your actions.
New Life Bible
Speak no more in your pride. Do not let proud talk come out of your mouth. For the Lord is a God Who knows. Actions are weighed by Him.
New Revised Standard
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not multiply words, so loftily - loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth, - For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared.
Revised Standard Version
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed.

Contextual Overview

1 Hannah prayed: "The Lord has filled my heart with joy; how happy I am because of what he has done! I laugh at my enemies; how joyful I am because God has helped me! 2 "No one is holy like the Lord ; there is none like him, no protector like our God. 3 Stop your loud boasting; silence your proud words. For the Lord is a God who knows, and he judges all that people do. 4 The bows of strong soldiers are broken, but the weak grow strong. 5 The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none. 6 The Lord kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again. 7 He makes some people poor and others rich; he humbles some and makes others great. 8 He lifts the poor from the dust and raises the needy from their misery. He makes them companions of princes and puts them in places of honor. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord ; on them he has built the world. 9 "He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength. 10 The Lord 's enemies will be destroyed; he will thunder against them from heaven. The Lord will judge the whole world; he will give power to his king, he will make his chosen king victorious."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

let not arrogancy: Heb. hard, Psalms 94:4, Proverbs 8:13, Isaiah 37:23, Daniel 4:30, Daniel 4:31, Daniel 4:37, Malachi 3:13, Jude 1:15, Jude 1:16

a God: 1 Kings 8:39, Psalms 44:21, Psalms 94:7-10, Psalms 147:5, Jeremiah 17:10, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 2:23

by him: Job 31:6, Isaiah 26:7, Daniel 5:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:11 - proudly 1 Kings 2:9 - hold him 1 Kings 20:18 - General Psalms 12:3 - tongue Psalms 17:10 - with Psalms 31:18 - speak Psalms 101:5 - an high Psalms 145:17 - righteous Proverbs 14:3 - the mouth Ecclesiastes 9:11 - but Isaiah 30:18 - for the Lord Isaiah 31:2 - he also Ezekiel 35:13 - with Daniel 7:8 - a mouth Obadiah 1:12 - thou have Malachi 2:17 - Where Luke 1:51 - he hath scattered 2 Corinthians 5:10 - we James 4:6 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working.
Genesis 2:3
He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special day, because by that day he had completed his creation and stopped working.
Genesis 2:4
And that is how the universe was created. When the Lord God made the universe,
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the East, and there he put the man he had formed.
Genesis 2:10
A stream flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers.
Genesis 2:11
The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah.
Genesis 2:12
(Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.)
Genesis 2:13
The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush.
Genesis 2:14
The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Talk no more so exceeding proudly,.... At such an high rate, in such an overbearing manner, as if above everyone; this may have respect to Peninnah, and all that joined with her to provoke Hannah to anger, and make her fret, insulting and triumphing over her, because she had not children, as they had; but now their mouths would be stopped, and their talk over, and not give themselves the haughty airs they had done, at least there would be no occasion for them:

let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; arrogating to themselves, and to their merits, what they enjoyed, as children, riches, c. when all come from the Lord or what is "hard" i, intolerable, which bears so hard on those to whom it is said, that it cannot be bore with; or what is "old" k, and trite, old sayings concerning barren women, as if of no use in the world, and disagreeable to God, and as having no share in his favour. The Targum renders the word by reproaches, or blasphemies:

for the Lord is a God of knowledge; or knowledges l: of perfect knowledge; he knows all persons and things; he knows himself, his perfections, purposes, thoughts, words and works; he knows all his creatures, animate and inanimate, rational and irrational, angels and men; the hearts of all men; all that they say, all their hard sayings, all their proud, haughty, overbearing expressions, calumnies, and reproaches, as well as all they think and all they do, good or bad; and God will sooner or later convince them of and punish them for their hard speeches against his people: and he is the author of all knowledge, natural, civil, spiritual, and evangelical:

and by him actions are weighed: his own actions; his works "ad intra"; his purposes and decrees, the counsels of his will, and the thoughts of his heart, the things his mind is set upon; all his appointments and designs, his whole will and pleasure; all are pondered by him, and are formed with the utmost wisdom, and for the best ends and purposes: and all, his actions and works without, whether of creation, providence, and grace, all are weighed and done according to infinite wisdom, unerring justice and truth; all respecting things temporal or spiritual, what relate to the outward estate of men, or to their everlasting happiness: all the actions of men, as they are known unto him, they are weighed and examined by him, whether they proceed from a right principle to a right end or not; upon which, many actions, thought to be good, are not found to be so, and others, though good, yet not found perfect before God; so that there is no justification nor salvation by the best: or the sense is, such actions as are done well, they are "directed to him" m; as they are ordained by him that men should walk in them, they are for his use, and are done with a view to his glory. There is a double reading of these words; the marginal, which we follow, is "to" or "by him" actions are directed or weighed; but the textual reading is a negative, "actions are not weighed" n, or numbered; the works of God cannot be comprehended, or the actions of men are not disposed and ordered without his will and pleasure, or cannot be performed unless he wills or permits; and all are disposed of, overruled, and directed, to answer his own ends and purposes.

i עתק "durum", Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator; so R. Isaiah. k "Vetera", V. L. "vetus", Pagninus, Montanus. l אל דעות "Deus scientiarum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Drusius. m ולא נתכנו "ipsi directa sunt", Pagninus. n "Non disponuntur", Junius Tremellius "non numerantur", so some in Vatablus; "non perficiuntur", so some in Munster.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:3. A God of knowledge — He is the most wise, teaching all good, and knowing all things.

Actions are weighed — נתכנו nithkenu, they are directed; it is by his counsel alone that we can successfully begin, continue, or end, any work.


 
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