1-samuel 2:23
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.
Webster's Revision
And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
World English Bible
He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
Clarke's 1-samuel 2:23 Bible Commentary
Why 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.
Wesley's 1-samuel 2:23 Bible Commentary
2:23 He said, … — Eli's sin was not only that he reproved them too gently, but that he contented himself with a verbal rebuke, and did not restrain them, and inflict those punishments upon them which such high crimes deserved by God's law, and which he as judge and high-priest ought to have done, without respect of persons.
