23And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.


In Context

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to Jehovah. And they went to their own home.

21 So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah.

22 And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and that they lay with the women that served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

23 And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.

24 No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.

25 If one man sin against another, God will judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, for Jehovah was minded to slay them.

1 Samuel 2:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:23So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23He said to them, |Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23and he saith to them, 'Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people — these!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.