1 Samuel 2:17

Contemporary English Version

Eli's sons did not show any respect for the sacrifices that the people offered. This was a terrible sin, and it made the Lord very angry.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because the men treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

Hebrew Names Version
The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the offering of the LORD.

King James Version
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for men abhorred the offering of the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.

English Standard Version
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.

New Century Version
The Lord saw that the sin of the servants was very great because they did not show respect for the offerings made to the Lord .

New English Translation
The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord 's sight, for they treated the Lord 's offering with contempt.

Amplified Bible
So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.

New American Standard Bible
And so the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lorde: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh, for the men spurned the offering of Yahweh.

Complete Jewish Bible
The sin of these young men was very serious in Adonai 's view, because they treated offerings made to Adonai with contempt.

Darby Translation
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
In this way Hophni and Phinehas showed that they did not respect the offerings made to the Lord . This was a terrible sin against the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; because they offended the men who offered before the LORD.

Good News Translation
This sin of the sons of Eli was extremely serious in the Lord 's sight, because they treated the offerings to the Lord with such disrespect.

Literal Translation
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for the men had despised the offering of Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore was the synne of ye childre very greate before the LORDE, for ye people spake euell of ye meatofferynge of ye LORDE.

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

Bible in Basic English
And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord: For men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men dealt contemptuously with the offering of the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
Wherefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nought the offering of the Lord.

English Revised Version
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the synne of the children was ful greuouse bifor the Lord; for thei withdrowen men fro the `sacrifice of the Lord.

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.

Update Bible Version
And the sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for they despised the offering of Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

World English Bible
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.

New King James Version
Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

New Living Translation
So the sin of these young men was very serious in the Lord 's sight, for they treated the Lord 's offerings with contempt.

New Life Bible
So the sin of the young men was very bad before the Lord. For the men hated the gift of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
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.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh, - for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ Elkanah and Hannah went back home to Ramah, but the boy Samuel stayed to help Eli serve the Lord . ¹²Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the Lord . So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork. ¹⁴ The servant would stick the fork into the cooking pot, and whatever meat came out on the fork was taken back to the priests. That is how these two priests treated every Israelite who came to offer sacrifices in Shiloh. ¹⁵ Sometimes, when people were offering sacrifices, the servant would come over, even before the fat had been cut off and sacrificed to the Lord . Then the servant would tell them, "The priest doesn't want his meat boiled! Give him some raw meat that he can roast!" ¹⁶ Usually the people answered, "Take what you want. But first, let us sacrifice the fat to the Lord ." "No," the servant would reply. "If you don't give it to me now, I'll take it by force." ¹⁷ Eli's sons did not show any respect for the sacrifices that the people offered. This was a terrible sin, and it made the Lord very angry. ¹⁸ The boy Samuel served the Lord and wore a special linen garment ¹⁹ and the clothes his mother made for him. She would bring new clothes every year, when she and her husband came to offer sacrifices at Shiloh. ²⁰ Eli would always bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "Samuel was born in answer to your prayers. Now you have given him to the Lord . I pray that the Lord will bless you with more children to take his place." After Eli had blessed them, Elkanah and Hannah would return home. ²¹ The Lord was kind to Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. But Samuel grew up at the Lord 's house in Shiloh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:13, 2 Kings 21:6, Psalms 51:4, Isaiah 3:8

abhorred: Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:13, Matthew 18:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:30 - Ye have Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter 1 Samuel 2:24 - ye make 1 Samuel 3:13 - his sons 2 Kings 17:21 - a great sin Nehemiah 13:11 - Why is the house Ezekiel 13:19 - for handfuls

Cross-References

Genesis 2:1
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.

Genesis 2:4
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,

Genesis 2:6
But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.

Genesis 2:10
From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.

Genesis 2:12
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.

Genesis 2:13
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:18
The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."

Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,

Genesis 3:11
"How did you know you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat any fruit from that tree in the middle of the garden?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord,.... That is, the sons of Eli; for they were the ringleaders who set these bad examples, which other priests followed, and therefore the sin is ascribed to them; and which was sadly aggravated by taking what was not their own, and by taking it in a forcible manner, and before the Lord had his part in the offering, and all this done in the tabernacle, in the presence of God; which plainly showed that they had not the fear of God before their eyes, nor any sense of his omniscience and omnipresence, any more than of his holiness and justice:

for men abhorred the offering of the Lord; it was irksome and disagreeable to them to bring their sacrifices, when they saw the law of God was not attended to, and the rules of sacrificing were not observed; such contempt of God, such abuse of sacrifices, such injury done to the sacrificers, and such covetousness and sensuality in the priests, that it even set the people against sacrifices, and made them loath them, and neglect to bring them. And this aggravated the sin of the young men, though the sacrificers were not excused hereby, 1 Samuel 2:24.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The offering of the Lord - Minchah, here in the general sense of “gift or offering” to God (compare Malachi 1:10-11; Malachi 3:3). In its restricted sense, it is used of the meat offerings, the unbloody sacrifices, and is then coupled with bloody sacrifices, sacrifices of slain beasts. (See 1 Samuel 2:29.)

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 2:17. Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great — That is, Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli.

Men abhorred the offering — As the people saw that the priests had no piety, and that they acted as if there was no God; they despised God's service, and became infidels.

A national priesthood, when the foundation is right, may be a great blessing; but if the priesthood becomes corrupt, though the foundation itself stand sure, the corruption of the national manners will be the unavoidable consequence.