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


In Context

21 When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.

22 And Eli is very old, and hath heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling at the opening of the tent of meeting,

23 and he saith to them, 'Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people — these!

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

25 If a man sin against a man, then hath God judged him; but if against Jehovah a man sin, who doth pray for him?' and they hearken not to the voice of their father, though Jehovah hath delighted to put them to death.

26 And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and is good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

1 Samuel 2:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:24No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the Lord 's people.

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 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.