1 Samuel 2:17
“Wherefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.”
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1 Samuel 2:17 Context
15Also before they burnt the fat, the priests seruant came, & said to the man that sacrificed, Giue flesh to roste for the priest, for he wil not haue sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 16And if any man said vnto him, Let them not faile to burne the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soule desireth: then hee would answere him, Nay, but thou shalt giue it mee now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17Wherefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18¶ But Samuel ministred before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linnen Ephod. 19Moreouer, his mother made him a litle coate, and brought it to him from yeere to yeere, when she came vp with her husband, to offer the yeerely sacrifice.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 2:17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
- King James Version
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
- Basic English Bible
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
- Darby Bible
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
- Webster's Bible
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
- World English Bible
And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 2:17
2:17 Abhorred - But we know the validity and efficacy of the sacraments does not depend on the goodness of those that administer them. It was therefore folly and sin in the people, to think the worse of God's institutions. But it was the much greater sin of the priests, that gave them occasion so to do.