And this shall be a sign to thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees: In one day they shall both of them die.

and this is to thee the sign that cometh unto thy two sons, unto Hophni and Phinehas, in one day they die both of them;

And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.

But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.

They shall die both of them - Hophni and Phinehas were both killed very shortly after in the great battle with the Philistines in which the Israelites were completely routed, and the ark taken. See 1-Samuel 4:1-11.

This shall be a sign unto thee,.... A confirming one, that all which had been now said would be fulfilled:
that shall come upon thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas; which Eli would live to see fulfilled on them; and when it was, he might be assured the rest would be most certainly accomplished, and it was this:
in one day they shall die both of them; as they did in battle with the Philistines, 1-Samuel 4:11.

"And let this be the sign to thee, what shall happen to (come upon) thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall both die." For the fulfilment of this, see 1-Samuel 4:11. This occurrence, which Eli lived to see, but did not long survive (1-Samuel 4:17.), was to be the sign to him that the predicted punishment would be carried out in its fullest extent.