1 Samuel 2:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁷ 2 Now Heli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel: and how they lay with the women that waited at the door of the tabernacle:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So the sin of the [two] young men was very great before the Lord, for they despised the offering of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The sin of these priestly assistants was very serious in the LORD’s sight because they were disrespecting the Lord’s own offering.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Therefore, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:17 Cross References

Genesis 10:9

And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.

Genesis 13:13

3 And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.

Genesis 6:11

1 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.

2 Kings 21:6

1 Because Manasses king of Juda hath done these most wicked abominations, beyond all that the Amorrhites did before him, and hath made Juda also to sin with his filthy doings:

Psalm 51:4

1 Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Isaiah 3:8

6 And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace:

Malachi 2:13

And the sacrifice of Juda and of Jerusalem shall please the Lord, as in the days of old, and in the ancient years.

Matthew 18:7

5 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

1 Samuel 2:16

1 And the Lord visited Anna, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters: and the child Samuel became great before the Lord.

1 Samuel 3:13

8 So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord: let him do what is good in his sight.