King James Version
1 Samuel 2:17 in the King James Version says “Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. presently: Heb. as on the day
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Wherefore the sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“of the young men”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“was very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“abhorred”
H5006to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
“for men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the offering”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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