1 Samuel 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ 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.

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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

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Genesis 6:11

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you alone, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.

Malachi 2:13

And this you do as well: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand.

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things are bound to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

1 Samuel 2:16

And if the man said to him, “Let them burn the fat first and then take whatever you wish,” he would say, “No, you must give it now; if not, I will take it by force.”

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.