1 Samuel 2:30
ESV, NIV, KJV · TruthBound Bible
ESV
Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .
NIV
“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.` But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.
KJV
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.