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1 Samuel 12:16

Now also stand, & see this great thing whiche the Lorde will do 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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the Lord will doe 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 also stand, & see this great thing whiche the Lorde will do before your eyes. 17 Is it not nowe wheate hearuest? I will call vnto the Lorde, & he shal sende thunder & rayne, that ye may perceaue and see howe that your wickednes is great which ye haue done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king. 18 And so Samuel called vnto the Lord, and the Lorde sent thunder and rayne the same day: And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly. 19 And al the people sayd vnto Samuel: Pray for thy seruauntes vnto the Lord thy God, that we dye not: for we haue sinned in asking vs a king, besyde all our [other] sinnes. 20 And Samuel sayde vnto the people, feare not (Ye haue in deede done al this wickednesse, yet depart not from folowing of the Lorde, but serue the Lorde with all your heartes: 21 Neither turne ye away, for [then ye go] after vayne thinges, which are not able to profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie.) 22 For the Lorde will not forsake his people, because of his great names sake: because it hath pleased the Lorde to make you his people. 23 Moreouer, God forbid that I shoulde sinne against the Lord, and ceasse praying for you: but I will shewe you the good and right way. 24 Therfore feare you the Lorde, & serue him in the trueth, and with all your heartes: & consider howe great thinges he hath done for you. 25 But and yf ye do wickedly, then shall ye perishe, both ye 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, that thou art my sister, that I may fare well for thy sake, and that my soule may liue through thy occasion.
Genesis 12:14
And so when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman, for she was very fayre.
Genesis 12:15
The princes also of Pharao sawe her, and comended her before Pharao, and the woman was taken into Pharaos house.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram was very ryche in cattell, in siluer, and in golde.
Genesis 20:14
Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen, men seruauntes and women seruauntes, & gaue [them] vnto Abraham, and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne.
Genesis 24:35
And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses.
Genesis 26:14
For he had possessio of sheepe, of oxen, and a myghtie housholde: and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym.
Genesis 32:5
And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe [it] my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.
Job 1:3
His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great householde: so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east [countrey.]
Job 42:12
So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, sixe thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she 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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