1 Samuel 2:23

Modern

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

Traditional

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

Literal

And he said to them, “Why do you do these things? For I hear of your evil deeds from all these people.

Latin

…et dixit eis: Quare facitis res hujuscemodi quas ego audio, res pessimas, ab omni populo?

Hebrew

English

“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

Eli'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).

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah 3:3
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 9:4
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
Jeremiah 8:12
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.
1 Kings 1:6
(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
Isaiah 3:9
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Acts 14:15
“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.
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.