1 Samuel 2:29 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
1 Samuel 2:29 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 2:29 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 2:29 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’”
1 Samuel 2:29 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 2:29 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? ”
1 Samuel 2:29 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 2:29 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Why do ye kick at My sacrifice, and at Mine offering which I commanded <FI>in<Fi> My habitation, and dost honour thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people?”
1 Samuel 2:29 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 2:29 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Wherefore do ye trample upon my sacrifice and upon mine oblation which I have commanded [in my] habitation? And thou honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the primest of all the oblations of Israel my people. ”
1 Samuel 2:29 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 2:29 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wherefore haue you kicked against my sacrifice and mine offering, which I commanded in my Tabernacle, and honourest thy children aboue mee, to make your selues fatte of the first fruites of all the offerings of Israel my people?”
1 Samuel 2:29 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 2:29 in Context — 1 Samuel 2
27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
29 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?
30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
What Does 1 Samuel 2:29 Mean?
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