1 Samuel 2:24
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
1 Samuel 2:24 in other translations
| BSB | No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people. |
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| WEB | No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make the LORD’s people disobey. |
| ASV | Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress. |
| YLT | Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. -- |
| DARBY | No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress. |
| BBE | No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good. |
| Webster | No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress. |
What does 1 Samuel 2:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 2:22-24
22-24. the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle--This was an institution of holy women of a strictly ascetic order, who had relinquished worldly cares and devoted themselves to the Lord; an institution which continued down to the time of Christ (Lu 2:37). Eli was, on the whole, a good man, but lacking in the moral and religious training of his family. He erred on the side of parental indulgence; and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:11-26
Samuel, being devoted to the Lord in a special manner, was from a child employed about the sanctuary in the services he was capable of. As he did this with a pious disposition of mind, it was called ministering unto the Lord. He received a blessing from the Lord. Those young people who serve God as well as they can, he will enable to improve, that they may serve him better. Eli shunned trouble and exertion. This led…
1 Samuel 2:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 2:24
- 1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
- 2 Corinthians 6:8
By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
- Acts 6:3
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
- 1 Timothy 3:7
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
- Matthew 18:7
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
- 1 Samuel 2:17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
- 2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
- 2 Kings 10:31
But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 13:18-21
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
- Revelation 2:20
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
- Malachi 2:8
But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
- Exodus 32:21
And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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Context
- 1 Samuel 2:23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
- 1 Samuel 2:24
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
- 1 Samuel 2:25
If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.
1 Samuel 2:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No, hijos míos; porque no es buena fama la que yo oigo: que hacéis pecar al pueblo de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Non, mes fils; car ce que j’entends dire n’est pas bon: vous entraînez à la transgression le peuple de l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nicht so, meine Söhne! denn nicht gut ist das Gerücht, das ich höre; ihr machet das Volk Jehovas übertreten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nolite, filii mei: non enim est bona fama quam ego audio, ut transgredi faciatis populum Domini. |