17And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.


In Context

14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; the priest took of it all that the flesh-hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.

15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he will not accept sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

16 If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say to him, No, but thou shalt give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.

17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.

18 And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

19 And his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.

1 Samuel 2:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord 's sight, for they were treating the Lord 's offering with contempt.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And the sin of the young men is very great in the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Why the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.