1 Samuel 2:23
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And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
In other translations
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לָהֶםlahemto <the> themלָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100תַעֲשׂוּןta'asunare you doing !H6213כַּדְּבָרִיםkadevarimaccording to the thingsH1697הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595שֹׁמֵעַshomea'[am] hearingH8085אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853דִּבְרֵיכֶםdivreikhemthings yourH1697רָעִיםra'imwickedH7451מֵאֵתme'etfrom withH854כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אֵלֶּה׃'elehtheseH428
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
- Acts 14:15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
- 1 Kings 1:6And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
- Philippians 3:19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
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