1 Samuel 2:24
What does 1 Samuel 2:24 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. --
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.
Context
v.23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
v.24This passage
v.25If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;
- Exodus 32:21
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
- 3 John 1:12
Demetrius hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.
- 1 Samuel 2:22
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting.
- Matthew 18:7
Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
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