Translations
Modern
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
Traditional
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
Literal
No, my sons, for the report is not good that I hear spreading among the people of YHWH.
Latin
Nolite, filii mei: non enim est bona fama quam ego audio, ut transgredi faciatis populum Domini.
Original
Hebrew
English
No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
Notes
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
Glossary
Phinehas Priests and Levites Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Children: Wicked: Eli's Sons Eli: Indulgent to his Corrupt Sons Hophni: Sin of Judge: Corrupt: Eli's Sons Obduracy (Hardness): Sons of Eli Offense: Saints should Reprove Those Who Cause Priests were Sometimes: Profane and Wicked