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1 Samuel 2:23

21 So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

24 No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

25 If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
KJV
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
WEB
He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
ASV
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
DARBY
And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.
BLB
And he said to them, “Why do you⁺ do these things? For I hear of your⁺ evil deeds from all these people.
ÅB
sa han til dem: Hvorfor gjør dere slik? Jeg hører av hele folket her at deres adferd er ond.
OTB
Så han sa til dem, "Hvorfor gjør dere slike ting? For jeg hører stadig om deres onde gjerninger fra hele folket.
B1930
sa han til dem: Hvorfor gjør I således? Jeg hører av hele folket her at eders adferd er ond.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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  • Jeremiah 3:3

    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

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  • Acts 9:4

    He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

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  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

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  • Acts 14:15

    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

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  • 1 Kings 1:6

    (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

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  • Philippians 3:19

    Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

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