New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Samuel 2:23
23He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people?
1 Samuel 2:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
- New International Version (NIV)So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
Context of 1 Samuel 2:23
21The Lord visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord. 22Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. He said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? 24No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the Lord’s people circulating. 25If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the Lord desired to put them to death.
Read all of 1 Samuel 21 Samuel 2:23 word by word
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לָ֥מָּה תַעֲשׂ֖וּן כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם רָעִ֔ים מֵאֵ֖ת כָּל־הָעָ֥ם אֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
- He saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to them, “Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
- do you doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- suchאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- thingsדָּבָרdâbâr · ChroniclesH1697
- the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
- that I hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- from allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 2:23
- 1 Kings 1:6His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom.
- Acts 9:4and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
- Acts 14:15and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
- Isaiah 3:9The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a harlot’s forehead; You refused to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, And they did not know how to blush; Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down,” Says the Lord.
- Philippians 3:19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Why do ye such things! - Eli appears to have been a fondly affectionate, easy father, who wished his sons to do well, but did not bring them under proper discipline, and did not use his authority to restrain them. As judge, he had power to cast them immediately out of the vineyard, as wicked and unprofitable servants; this he did not, and his and their ruin was the consequence.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 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 him to indulge his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25Eli's weak efforts to correct his the behavior of his sons (see 1 Samuel 2:29) show he raised them without discipline (1 Samuel 3:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2422-24. 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 though he reprimanded them (see on De…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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