1 Samuel 2:17
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.
Note DSS and LXX; MT men
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
The sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the Lord’s offering.
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- before
- Genesis 6:11; Genesis 10:9; Genesis 13:13; 2 Kings 21:6; Psalm 51:4; Isaiah 3:8
- abhorred
- Malachi 2:8, 13; Matthew 18:7