1 Samuel 2:23
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
And he said vnto them, Why doe ye such things? for ‖I heare of your euil dealings, by all this people.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, I hear euill words of you.
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- 1 Kings 1:6Rank 1 from verse 23
6And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
6And his father had not displeased him †at any time, in saying, Why hast thou done so? And hee also was a very goodly man, and his mother bare him after Absalom.
- Acts 14:15Rank 2 from verse 23
15And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
15And saying, Sirs, Why doe yee these things? Wee also are men of like passions with you, and preach vnto you, that ye should turne from these vanities, vnto the liuing God, *which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein.
- Isaiah 3:9Rank 4 from verse 23
9¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
9¶ *The shew of their countenance doeth witnesse against them, and they declare their sinne as Sodom, they hide it not: woe vnto their soule, for they haue rewarded euill vnto themselues.
- Jeremiah 3:3Rank 5 from verse 23
- Jeremiah 8:12Rank 6 from verse 23
12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
12*Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fal, in the time of their visitation they shall be cast downe, saith the LORD.
- Philippians 3:19Rank 7 from verse 23
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1 Samuel 2:23
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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1. Conduct or actions. 2. Relations or association between people.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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22¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22¶ Now Eli was very olde, and heard all that his sonnes did vnto all Israel, and how they lay with the women that †assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation
23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
23And he said vnto them, Why doe ye such things? for ‖I heare of your euil dealings, by all this people.
Selected passage24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
24Nay my sonnes: for it is no good report that I heare; yee make the LORDs people to ‖transgresse.