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


In Context

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.

26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.

1st Samuel 2:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:24Nay, my sons; for [it is] no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’S people to transgress.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:24Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:24Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:24No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make the LORD's people to transgress.