1 Samuel 2:17
World English Bible (WEB)
The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the LORD’s offering.
In context
15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
17 The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the LORD’s offering.
18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
1 Samuel 2:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the LORD’s offering.
- KJV King James Version
- Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Jehovah, for the men have despised the offering of Jehovah.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.