1Sa 3:17 | NETfull | STEP | Eli said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”

1 Samuel 3:17

17 Eli ^{▼▼ Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely ^{▼▼ Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement has the force of a curse or warning. One could translate, “May God do to you and thus may he add.”} if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”