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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Samuel 12:16

Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Miracles;   Rain;   Repentance;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Thompson Chain Reference - Meteorology;   Weather;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Rain;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Kingdom of God;   Samuel, Books of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Saul;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“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.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
"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.
New American Standard Bible
"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.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Now therefore, hold still; and see the great deed which Adonai will perform before your very eyes.
Darby Translation
Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes.
Easy-to-Read Version
"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.
Good News Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
`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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
"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.
New Life Bible
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
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."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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 the Lord will doe before your eyes. 17 Is it not wheat haruest to day? I will call vnto the Lord, and hee shall send thunder and raine, that ye may perceiue and see that your wickednesse is great, which ye haue done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a King. 18 So Samuel called vnto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and raine that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. 19 And all the people said vnto Samuel, Pray for thy seruants vnto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we haue added vnto all our sinnes, this euil, to aske vs a King. 20 And Samuel saide vnto the people, Feare not: (ye haue done al this wickednesse, yet turne not aside from following the Lord, but serue the Lord with all your heart: 21 And turne ye not aside, for then should ye goe after vaine things, which cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are vaine.) 22 For the Lord wil not forsake his people, for his great Names sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people. 23 Moreouer, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord, in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way. 24 Onely feare the Lord, and serue him in trueth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. 25 But if yee shall still doe wickedly, yee shall be consumed, both yee 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 wel with me, for thy sake; and my soule shall liue, because of thee.
Genesis 12:14
And it came to passe, that when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman, that shee was very faire.
Genesis 12:15
The Princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaohs house.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very rich in cattell, in siluer, and in gold.
Genesis 20:14
And Abimelech tooke sheepe and oxen, and men-seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 24:35
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and hee is become great: and hee hath giuen him flocks, and heards, and siluer, and gold, and men seruants, and mayd seruants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 26:14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of seruants, and the Philistims enuied him.
Genesis 32:5
And I haue oxen, and asses, flockes, and men seruants and women seruants: and I haue sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Job 1:3
His substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee 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.


 
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