1 Samuel 2:17

And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

In Context

16and the man saith unto him, 'Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;' and he hath said to him, 'Surely now thou dost give; and if not — I have taken by strength.'

18And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen;

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.

Genesis 13:13and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

Psalms 51:4Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he [is].

Matthew 18:7'Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 2:12-27

Samuel in the Sanctuary; The Wickedness of Eli's Sons. ( b. c. 1130.) 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. 12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord . 13 And the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the… Read the whole commentary →

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