1 Samuel 2:23

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 2:23

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Berean Standard Bible

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

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KJV

King James Version

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

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WEB

World English Bible

He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 2

²¹ So the LORD attended to Hannah, and 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 was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

²³ “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

²⁴ No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

²⁵ If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

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