1 Samuel 3:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing. And Eli said, It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what seemeth him good.

Common English Bible

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. “He is the LORD, ” Eli said. “He will do as he pleases.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, Samuel revealed to him all the words, and he did not hide them from him. And he responded: "He is the Lord. May he do what is good in his own eyes."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord. Let him do what is good in his sight.

1 Samuel 3:18 Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

2 Samuel 10:12

Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

2 Samuel 15:26

but if he says, ‘I have no pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”

2 Kings 20:19

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?”

1 Chronicles 19:13

Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”

Job 1:21

And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 39:9

I am dumb, I do not open my mouth; for it is thou who hast done it.

Exodus 34:5

And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

Isaiah 39:8

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”

Jeremiah 34:6

Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Jeremiah 38:14

King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me.”

Jeremiah 42:4

Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and whatever the Lord answers you I will tell you; I will keep nothing back from you.”

Lamentations 3:39

Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins?

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘I will show myself holy among those who are near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

1 Peter 5:6

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you.

Judges 10:15

And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.”