1 Samuel 2:23
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And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?

1 Samuel 2:22
Now Heli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel: and how they lay with the women that waited at the door of the tabernacle:

1 Samuel 2:24
Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

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And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?

Why

1 Kings 1:6 Neither did his father rebuke him at any time, saying: Why hast thou done this? And he also was very beautiful, the next in birth after Absalom.

Acts 9:4 And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

Acts 14:15 And saying: Ye men, why do ye these things? We also are mortals, men like unto you, preaching to you to be converted from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things that are in them:

I hear, etc.

Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them.

Jeremiah 3:3 Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

Jeremiah 8:12 They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Philippians 3:19 Whose end is destruction: whose God is their belly: and whose glory is in their shame: who mind earthly things.

Context
Eli's Wicked Sons
22Now Heli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel: and how they lay with the women that waited at the door of the tabernacle: 23And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?24Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.…
Lexicon
“Why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you doing
תַעֲשׂ֖וּן (ṯa·‘ă·śūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

these
הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

things?”
כַּדְּבָרִ֣ים (kad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

[Eli] said to [his sons].
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I
אָנֹכִ֤י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 595: I

hear
שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ (šō·mê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

about
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

your wicked
רָעִ֔ים (rā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

deeds
דִּבְרֵיכֶ֣ם (diḇ·rê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

from
מֵאֵ֖ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these
אֵֽלֶּה׃ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

people.
הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
“Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.And he said to them, Why do you 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.

And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?

And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil deeds from all this people.

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

And he said to them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

He said to them, "Why do you do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

and he saith to them, 'Why do ye things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people -- these!
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