17The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.


In Context

14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, |Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.|

16 If the man said to him, |Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;| then he would say, |No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.|

17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, 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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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.