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17 Then Eli asked, “What did he say to you? Hide nothing from me! May God do thus to you, and more,[a] if you hide from me a single thing he told you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 May God do thus to you, and more: an oath formula which strengthens Eli’s demand by threatening divine punishment if Samuel does not obey. Cf. 14:44; 20:13; 25:22; 2 Sm 3:9, 35; 19:14.

17 And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.

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17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide(A) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,(B) if you hide from me anything he told you.”

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17 Where you die I will die,
    and there be buried.

May the Lord do thus to me, and more, if even death separates me from you!”

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17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

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17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if even death separates you and me.”(B)

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