Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.” New Living Translation But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be swept away.” English Standard Version But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.” Berean Standard Bible But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” King James Bible But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. New King James Version But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.” New American Standard Bible But if you still do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” NASB 1995 “But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.” NASB 1977 “But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king shall be swept away.” Legacy Standard Bible But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away.” Amplified Bible But if you still do evil, both you and your king will be swept away [to destruction].” Christian Standard Bible However, if you continue to do what is evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” Holman Christian Standard Bible However, if you continue to do what is evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” American Standard Version But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. Contemporary English Version But if you and your king do evil, the LORD will wipe you out. English Revised Version But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. GOD'S WORD® Translation But if you go on doing what is evil, you and your king will be wiped out." Good News Translation But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed." International Standard Version But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away." Majority Standard Bible But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” NET Bible But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away." New Heart English Bible But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king." Webster's Bible Translation But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye will be consumed, both ye and your king. World English Bible But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand if you really do evil, both you and your king are consumed.” Young's Literal Translation and if ye really do evil, both ye and your king are consumed.' Smith's Literal Translation And if doing evil, ye shall do evil, also ye, also your king; ye shall perish. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if you will still do wickedly: both you and your king shall perish together. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you persevere in wickedness, both you and your king will perish together.” New American Bible If instead you continue to do evil, both you and your king shall be swept away.” New Revised Standard Version But if you still do wickedly, you shall be swept away, both you and your king.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut if you shall continue to do wickedly, you shall die, both you and your king. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you will certainly do evil, even you and your King shall die!” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.' Brenton Septuagint Translation But if ye continue to do evil, then shall ye and your king be consumed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Samuel's Farewell Address…24Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you. 25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.” Cross References Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Deuteronomy 28:63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. Deuteronomy 30:17-18 But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, / I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Joshua 24:20 If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.” 2 Kings 17:14-15 But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God. / They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. 2 Chronicles 7:19-20 But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. Isaiah 1:19-20 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. Jeremiah 7:23-24 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. Jeremiah 18:10 and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it. Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Matthew 7:26-27 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” Matthew 21:43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Luke 19:27 And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’” John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” Romans 11:22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Treasury of Scripture But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king. But if Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Joshua 24:20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. ye and 1 Samuel 31:1-5 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa… Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. Hosea 10:3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? Jump to Previous Consumed Destruction Evil Overtake Perish Persist Really Swept WickedlyJump to Next Consumed Destruction Evil Overtake Perish Persist Really Swept Wickedly1 Samuel 12 1. Samuel testifies his integrity6. He reproves the people of ingratitude 16. He terrifies them with thunder in harvest time 20. he comforts them in God's mercy But if you persist The phrase "But if you persist" serves as a conditional warning, emphasizing the choice and agency of the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "persist" is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to do, make, or accomplish. This implies a deliberate and continuous action, highlighting the Israelites' responsibility in their moral and spiritual decisions. The historical context here is crucial; Samuel is addressing the Israelites during a pivotal moment when they have demanded a king, thus rejecting God's direct rule. This persistence in their own ways, despite divine guidance, sets the stage for potential consequences. in doing evil both you and your king will be swept away Hebrew But ifוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you persist in doing evil, הָרֵ֖עַ (hā·rê·a‘) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad both גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and you אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you and גַּֽם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and your king מַלְכְּכֶ֖ם (mal·kə·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 4428: A king will be swept away.” תִּסָּפֽוּ׃ (tis·sā·p̄ū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up Links 1 Samuel 12:25 NIV1 Samuel 12:25 NLT 1 Samuel 12:25 ESV 1 Samuel 12:25 NASB 1 Samuel 12:25 KJV 1 Samuel 12:25 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 12:25 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 12:25 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 12:25 French Bible 1 Samuel 12:25 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 12:25 But if you shall still do wickedly (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |