1 Samuel 2:3
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.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.
4Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength.
Cross References
Joshua 22:22'The God of gods — Jehovah, the God of gods — Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!)
1 Samuel 16:7And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man seeth — for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'
Job 31:6He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Psalms 94:4They utter — they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.
Psalms 147:5Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:2-11
Hannah's Song. ( b. c. 1137.) 1 And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord , mine horn is exalted in the Lord : my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. 2 There is none holy as the Lord : for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. 3 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. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that… Read the whole commentary →