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


In Context

20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord ." Then they would go home.

21 And the Lord was gracious to Hannah; she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord .

22 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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

24 No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the Lord 's people.

25 If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord , who will intercede for him?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the Lord 's will to put them to death.

1st Samuel 2:23 in Other Translations

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 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.