1 Samuel 12:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁶"Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes!¹⁶ "Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! ¹⁶Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ "Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes.¹⁶ Now also stand, & see this great thing whiche the Lorde will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ "Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ Also, now present yourselves and see this great thing that Jehovah will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes. ¹⁶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing which the Lord will doe before your eyes.

Bible Verse Review
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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 you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

Genesis 12:13
Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

Genesis 12:13
Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."

Genesis 12:13
"Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."

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 12:13
So tell them that you are my sister. Then they will be good to me because of you. In this way you will save my life."

Genesis 12:13
Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared on your account."

Genesis 12:13
Therfor, Y biseche thee, seie thou, that thou art my sistir, that it be wel to me for thee, and that my lijf lyue for loue of thee.

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 12:13
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

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.