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


In Context

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

21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.

25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds 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.