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


In Context

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came thither.

15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

16 And if any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, No; but thou shalt give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

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

18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband, to offer 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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