World English Bible
"He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people."
— 1 Samuel 2:23, World English Bible
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. ”
“So he said to them,“Why do you do these things, these evil things which I hear about from all these people?”
“And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?”
“And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.”
“And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.”
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, "Yahweh give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh." They went to their own home.
Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.
No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.