1 Samuel 2:3

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Talk	תְדַבְּרוּ֙ te.da.be.Ru	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
more	תַּרְבּ֤וּ tar.Bu	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
exceeding	גְּבֹהָ֣ה ge.vo.Hah	H1364	elevated (or elated) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
proudly	גְבֹהָ֔ה ge.vo.Hah	H1364	elevated (or elated) · adjective, feminine singular absolute
arrogancy	עָתָ֖ק 'a.Tak	H6277	impudent · adjective, masculine singular absolute
come	יֵצֵ֥א ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mouth	מִפִּיכֶ֑ם mi.pi.Khem	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֵ֤ל 'el	H410	strength · noun, common masculine singular construct
knowledge	דֵּעוֹת֙ de.'Ot	H1844	knowledge · noun, common feminine plural absolute
actions	עֲלִלֽוֹת a.li.Lot	H5949	an exploit (of God) · noun, common feminine plural absolute
weighed	נִתְכְּנ֖וּ nit.ke.Nu	H8505	to balance · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (fo…
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?…
Jude 1:15-16 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed,…
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, a…
Psalms 94:4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

We have here Hannah's thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before (Sa1 1:11), and here we have her return of praise; in both out of the abundance of a heart deeply affected (in the former with her own wants, and in the latter with God's goodness) her mouth spoke. Observe in general, 1. When she had received mercy from God she owned it, with thankfulness to his praise. Not like the nine lepers, Luk 17:17. Praise is our rent, our tribute. We are unjust if we do not pay it. 2. The mercy she had received was an answer to prayer, and therefore she thought herself especially obliged to give thanks for…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:3

A God of knowledge - He is the most wise, teaching all good, and knowing all things. Actions are weighed - נתכנו nithkenu, they are directed; it is by his counsel alone that we can successfully begin, continue, or end, any work.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so exceeding proudly,.... At such an high rate, in such an overbearing manner, as if above everyone; this may have respect to Peninnah, and all that joined with her to provoke Hannah to anger, and make her fret, insulting and triumphing over her, because she had not children, as they had; but now their mouths would be stopped, and their talk over, and not give themselves the haughty airs they had done, at least there would be no occasion for them: let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; arrogating to themselves, and to their merits, what they enjoyed, as children, riches, &c. when all come from the Lord; or what is "hard" (i), intolerable, which bears so hard on those to whom…

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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Hannah's song of praise. - The prayer in which Hannah poured out the feelings of her heart, after the dedication of her son to the Lord, is a song of praise of a prophetic and Messianic character. After giving utterance in the introduction to the rejoicing and exulting of her soul at the salvation that had reached her (Sa1 2:1), she praises the Lord as the only holy One, the only rock of the righteous, who rules on earth with omniscience and righteousness, brings down the proud and lofty, kills and makes alive, maketh poor and maketh rich (Sa1 2:2-8). She then closes with the confident assurance that He will keep His saints, and cast down the rebellious, and will judge the ends of the earth,…

The Church Fathers

For the Lord is the God of knowledge, etc. Therefore, it is necessary for you to not seek higher things for yourselves, nor to search into things stronger than yourselves (Eccles. III); for the source and treasure of wisdom and knowledge, who teaches man knowledge: the Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain (Psa. XCIII).
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

As if to say: Him whom you do not fear to blaspheme, you will have as judge not only of your tongue, but also of your heart. Hence also through Isaiah He threatens, saying: "I am coming to gather their works and thoughts" (Isaiah 66:18). Hence the Lord, threatening through Moses, says: "Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed in my treasures" (Deuteronomy 32:34)?
— Gregory the Dialogist, Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 1, Chapter 3

No sensible person, then, will be proud of his wisdom … but will follow the excellent advice of blessed Hannah and of the prophet Jeremiah, "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom and let not the strong man glory in his strength and let not the rich man glory in his riches." But what is true glory and what makes one great? "In this," says the prophet, "let him that glories, glory, that he understands and knows that I am the Lord." This constitutes the pinnacle of human dignity, this is his glory and greatness: truly to know what is great and to cleave to it, and to seek after glory from the Lord of glory.
— Basil of Caesarea, ON HUMILITY

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Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Hannah — Favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2). Her home was at Ramathaim-zophim, whence she was wont every year to go to Shiloh, where the tabernacle…
Horn — Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh. 6:4, 5). Flasks or vessels were made of horn (1 Sam. 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39). But the word is used also…
Mary — Hebrew Miriam. (1.) The wife of Joseph, the mother of Jesus, called the “Virgin Mary,” though never so designated in Scripture (Matt. 2:11; Acts 1:14). Little is known of her personal history. Her…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Songs — Of Moses (Ex. 15; Num. 21:17; Deut. 32; Rev. 15:3), Deborah (Judg. 5), Hannah (1 Sam. 2), David (2 Sam. 22, and Psalms), Mary (Luke 1:46-55), Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79), the angels (Luke 2:13), Simeon…
Arrogance · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Barrenness · A reproach — A reproach
Cruelty · .Peninnah to Hannah — .Peninnah to Hannah
Hannah · Her hymn of praise — Her hymn of praise
Missionaries, All Christians Should Be As · Exemplified: Hannah — Exemplified: Hannah

1 Samuel 2:3

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Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:3

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:3

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

The Church Fathers

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1 Samuel 2:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 2:3

John Gill on 1 Samuel 2:3

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 2:1-10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 2:3

Rashi on 1 Samuel 2:3