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1 Samuel 2:23

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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1 Samuel 2:23 in other translations

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

1 Samuel 2:23 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 2:23 in context

  1. 21And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
  2. 22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.
  3. 23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
  4. 24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.
  5. 25If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.