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1 Samuel 2:17

And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord: For men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covetousness;   Gluttony;   Hophni;   Judge;   Minister, Christian;   Priest;   Rulers;   Worldliness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Hophni;   Reverence-Irreverence;   Sacrilege;   Samuel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Children, Wicked;   Gluttony;   Offence;   Offerings;   Priests;   Sin;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Phinehas;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kettle;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hophni and Phinehas;   Mary;   Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hannah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hannah;   Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Eli;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hoph'ni;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elkanah;   Hophni and Phinehas;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Johanan B. Torta;   Phinehas;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because the men treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.
Hebrew Names Version
The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the offering of the LORD.
King James Version
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for men abhorred the offering of the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.
English Standard Version
Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord , for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
New Century Version
The Lord saw that the sin of the servants was very great because they did not show respect for the offerings made to the Lord .
New English Translation
The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord 's sight, for they treated the Lord 's offering with contempt.
Amplified Bible
So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.
New American Standard Bible
And so the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lorde: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh, for the men spurned the offering of Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
Eli's sons did not show any respect for the sacrifices that the people offered. This was a terrible sin, and it made the Lord very angry.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sin of these young men was very serious in Adonai 's view, because they treated offerings made to Adonai with contempt.
Darby Translation
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
In this way Hophni and Phinehas showed that they did not respect the offerings made to the Lord . This was a terrible sin against the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; because they offended the men who offered before the LORD.
Good News Translation
This sin of the sons of Eli was extremely serious in the Lord 's sight, because they treated the offerings to the Lord with such disrespect.
Literal Translation
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for the men had despised the offering of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore was the synne of ye childre very greate before the LORDE, for ye people spake euell of ye meatofferynge of ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Wherefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nought the offering of the Lord.
English Revised Version
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD's offering with contempt.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the synne of the children was ful greuouse bifor the Lord; for thei withdrowen men fro the `sacrifice of the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
And the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for they despised the offering of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
World English Bible
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
New King James Version
Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
New Living Translation
So the sin of these young men was very serious in the Lord 's sight, for they treated the Lord 's offerings with contempt.
New Life Bible
So the sin of the young men was very bad before the Lord. For the men hated the gift of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord ; for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh, - for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the LORD; for the men treated the offering of the LORD with contempt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

11 And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad dyd minister vnto the Lorde before Eli the priest. 12 But the sonnes of Eli were children of Belial, and knewe not the Lord. 13 And the priestes custome toward the people was, that whensoeuer any man offered any offring, ye priestes lad came whyle the fleshe was a seethyng, and a fleshhoke with three teeth in his hande: 14 And thrust it into the panne, kettle, caldren, or pot: and all that the fleshehoke brought vp, that the priest toke for hym self: And so they dyd vnto all the Israelites that came thyther to Silo. 15 Yea, and thereto before they burnt the fat, the priestes lad came and sayde to the man that offered, Geue fleshe, that I may roste it for the priest: for he wyll not haue sodde fleshe of thee, but rawe. 16 And yf any man sayde vnto hym, Let them burne the fat according to the custome, and then take as much as thyne hearte desireth: Then he would aunswere hym, Yea, thou shalt geue it me nowe: and if thou wilt not, I wyll take it with violence. 17 And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord: For men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod. 19 Moreouer, his mother made him a litle coate, and brought it to him from yere to yere, when she came vp with her husband to offer the yerely sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife, and said: The Lorde geue thee seede of this woman, for the petition that she asked of the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:13, 2 Kings 21:6, Psalms 51:4, Isaiah 3:8

abhorred: Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:13, Matthew 18:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:30 - Ye have Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter 1 Samuel 2:24 - ye make 1 Samuel 3:13 - his sons 2 Kings 17:21 - a great sin Nehemiah 13:11 - Why is the house Ezekiel 13:19 - for handfuls

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
The heauens also & the earth were finisshed, & all the hoast of them.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth when they were created, in the day when the Lord God made the earth and the heauens.
Genesis 2:6
But there went vp a miste from the earth, & watered the whole face of the grounde.
Genesis 2:9
Moreouer, out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree, that was fayre to syght, and pleasaunt to eate: The tree of lyfe in the myddest of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and euyll.
Genesis 2:10
And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades.
Genesis 2:12
And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone.
Genesis 2:13
The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon: the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God sayde: It is not good yt the man should be alone, I wyll make hym an helpe lyke vnto hym.
Genesis 2:20
And the man gaue names to all cattell, and foule of the ayre, & euery beast of the fielde: but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym.
Genesis 2:21
The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and he slept, and he toke one of his ribbes, and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord,.... That is, the sons of Eli; for they were the ringleaders who set these bad examples, which other priests followed, and therefore the sin is ascribed to them; and which was sadly aggravated by taking what was not their own, and by taking it in a forcible manner, and before the Lord had his part in the offering, and all this done in the tabernacle, in the presence of God; which plainly showed that they had not the fear of God before their eyes, nor any sense of his omniscience and omnipresence, any more than of his holiness and justice:

for men abhorred the offering of the Lord; it was irksome and disagreeable to them to bring their sacrifices, when they saw the law of God was not attended to, and the rules of sacrificing were not observed; such contempt of God, such abuse of sacrifices, such injury done to the sacrificers, and such covetousness and sensuality in the priests, that it even set the people against sacrifices, and made them loath them, and neglect to bring them. And this aggravated the sin of the young men, though the sacrificers were not excused hereby, 1 Samuel 2:24.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The offering of the Lord - Minchah, here in the general sense of “gift or offering” to God (compare Malachi 1:10-11; Malachi 3:3). In its restricted sense, it is used of the meat offerings, the unbloody sacrifices, and is then coupled with bloody sacrifices, sacrifices of slain beasts. (See 1 Samuel 2:29.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great — That is, Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli.

Men abhorred the offering — As the people saw that the priests had no piety, and that they acted as if there was no God; they despised God's service, and became infidels.

A national priesthood, when the foundation is right, may be a great blessing; but if the priesthood becomes corrupt, though the foundation itself stand sure, the corruption of the national manners will be the unavoidable consequence.


 
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