Translations
Modern
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Traditional
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Literal
Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering, which I have commanded in My dwelling place, and honor your sons more than Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’
Latin
Quare calce abjecistis victimam meam, et munera mea quæ præcepi ut offerrentur in templo: et magis honorasti filios tuos quam me, ut comederetis primitias omnis sacrificii Israël populi mei?
Original
Hebrew
English
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Notes
Eli did not stop his sons from doing wrong, showing disrespect for God's sacrifices and offerings. Eli gained from their actions, so God blamed him for allowing it.
Theme notes and profiles
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Eli Phinehas Priests and Levites Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
Christian Minister: Eli's Sons Eli: Indulgent to his Corrupt Sons Eli: Prophecies of Judgments Upon his House Hophni: Sin of Judgments: Eli's House Parents: Indulgent: Eli Parents: Involved in Children's Wickedness Sacrifices: The Jews: Condemned for not Treating with Respect The High Priest: Family of Eli Degraded from office of, for Bad Conduct