1 Samuel 2:17
1 Samuel 2:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:17 New Living Translation (NLT)
So the sin of these young men was very serious in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offerings with contempt.
1 Samuel 2:12-17 The Message (MSG)
Eli’s own sons were nothing but trouble. They didn’t know GOD and could not have cared less about the customs of priests among the people. Ordinarily, when someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant was supposed to come up and, while the meat was boiling, stab a three-pronged fork into the cooking pot. The priest then got whatever came up on the fork. But this is how Eli’s sons treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices to GOD. Before they had even burned the fat to GOD, the priest’s servant would interrupt whoever was sacrificing and say, “Hand over some of that meat for the priest to roast. He doesn’t like boiled meat; he likes his rare.” If the man objected, “First let the fat be burned—God’s portion!—then take all you want,” the servant would demand, “No, I want it now. If you won’t give it, I’ll take it.” It was a horrible sin these young servants were committing—and right in the presence of GOD!—desecrating the holy offerings to GOD.
1 Samuel 2:17 King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:17 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD saw that the sin of the servants was very great because they did not show respect for the offerings made to the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
1 Samuel 2:17 New International Version (NIV)
This sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
1 Samuel 2:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.