1 Samuel 15:17

La Bible David Martin

Samuel donc dit : N'est-il pas vrai que, quand tu étais petit à tes yeux, tu as été fait Chef des Tribus d'Israël, et l'Eternel t'a oint pour Roi sur Israël?

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Et Samuel dit: N'est-il pas vrai que lorsque tu étais petit à tes yeux, tu devins chef des tribus d'Israël, et que l'Éternel t'a oint pour être roi sur Israël?

Darby's French Translation
Et Samuel dit: N'est-ce pas, quand tu étais petit à tes propres yeux, tu es devenu chef des tribus d'Israël, et l'Éternel t'a oint pour roi sur Israël?

Louis Segond (1910)
Samuel dit: Lorsque tu étais petit à tes yeux, n'es-tu pas devenu le chef des tribus d'Israël, et l'Eternel ne t'a-t-il pas oint pour que tu sois roi sur Israël?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

When thou: 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 10:22, Judges 6:15, Hosea 13:1, Matthew 18:4

the Lord: 1 Samuel 15:1-3, 1 Samuel 10:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:8 - set them 2 Samuel 7:18 - Who am I 2 Samuel 12:7 - I anointed 1 Kings 16:2 - I exalted thee 2 Kings 9:3 - I have anointed Proverbs 25:6 - in the presence Isaiah 26:10 - favour Luke 14:10 - go Luke 14:11 - whosoever Ephesians 6:9 - forbearing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel said, when thou [wast] little in thine own sight,.... Humble and lowly, and had a mean opinion of himself, his family and tribe, and judged himself unworthy of the kingdom; see 1 Samuel 9:21 suggesting, that now he was proud and haughty, and would have his own will and way:

wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel; not of his own tribe only, which was the least, but of all the tribes, and so they were all subject to him, and at his command:

and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel; all which is observed, partly to point out unto him the high honour he was raised unto, from a low estate, which laid him under obligation to serve the Lord, and obey him; and partly as an answer to him, excusing himself, and laying the blame upon the people; whereas seeing he was made king over them, his business was to rule and govern them, guide and direct them in the right way, and restrain them from that which was evil; and since he was anointed by the Lord, and not by the people, he ought to have obeyed him, and not regarded the pleasure of them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 15:17. Little in thine own sight — Who can bear prosperity? Is it not of the Lord's great goodness that the majority of the inhabitants of the earth are in comparative poverty?