And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
1 Samuel 2:17 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah. Common English Bible 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 Therefore, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord. English Standard Version 2016 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. |
And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.
And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.
And he made his son pass through fire. And he used divination, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him.
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Juda is fallen: because their tongue and their devices are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his majesty.
And this again have you done, you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and bellowing, so that I have no more a regard to sacrifice, neither do I accept any atonement at your hands.
Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
And he that sacrificed said to him: Let the fat first be burnt to-day according to the custom, and then take as much as thy soul desireth. But he answered and said to him: Not so; but thou shalt give it me now, or else I will take it by force.
For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity; because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them.