1 Samuel 2:24

In 11 translations

BSB

No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.

KJV

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress.transgress: or, cry out

WEB

No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.

ASV

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.

LSV

No, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good, causing the people of YHWH to transgress.

YLT

Nay, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good causing the people of Jehovah to transgress. —

DBY

No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people transgress.

DRC

Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

GNV

Do no more, my sonnes, for it is no good report that I heare, which is, that ye make the Lords people to trespasse.

JPS

Nay, my sons; for it is no good report which I hear the LORD'S people do spread abroad.

LXXE

Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.Or, the reports which I hear of the people not serving, etc. Comp. 1 Chr. 13. 4.

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WLC

אַ֖ל בָּנָ֑י כִּ֠י לֽוֹא־טוֹבָ֤ה הַשְּׁמֻעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י שֹׁמֵ֔עַ מַעֲבִרִ֖ים עַם־יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ τέκνα, ὅτι οὐκ ἀγαθὴ ἡ ἀκοὴ ἣν ἐγὼ ἀκούω· μὴ ποιεῖτε οὕτως, ὅτι οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ αἱ ἀκοαὶ ἃς ἐγὼ ἀκούω τοῦ μὴ δουλεύειν λαὸν Θεῷ.

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• 1 Kings 15:30because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
• 1 Timothy 3:7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
• 1 Samuel 2:17Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
• Acts 6:3Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
• Matthew 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
• Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
• 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
• Revelation 2:20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
• 2 Kings 10:31Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
• 1 Kings 13:18–21Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was…
• 1 Samuel 2:22Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 32:21“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”

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