Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
And the boy
Samuel ministered to
the LORD before Eli. Now
in
those
days
the word of the LORD was rare
and
visions
were
scarce
.
And the child
Samuel ministered unto
the LORD before Eli. And
the word of the LORD was precious
in
those
days;
there
was
no
open
vision
.
And at that time Eli, whose
eyesight
had
grown
so
dim that he could not see ,
was
lying
in
his
room.
And it
came
to
pass
at that time ,
when
Eli was
laid
down
in
his
place
, and
his
eyes
began
to
wax
dim ,
that he could not see ;
Before
the lamp of God had
gone
out ,
Samuel
was
lying
down
in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
And
ere
the lamp of God went
out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was ,
and
Samuel
was
laid
down
to
sleep;
Then
the LORD called to
Samuel ,
and he answered, “
Here I
am. ”
That
the LORD called Samuel :
and he answered, Here am I
.
He ran to
Eli and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
“
I did
not call,”
Eli
replied.
“Go
back
and
lie down. ”
So
he went and lay down.
And
he ran unto
Eli ,
and said, Here am I;
for thou
calledst
me. And
he
said,
I called
not ;
lie down again
. And
he went and lay down.
Once
again
the LORD called, “
Samuel !”
So
Samuel got
up,
went to Eli, and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
“My
son
, I did
not call
, ”
Eli
replied.
“Go
back
and
lie down. ”
And
the LORD called yet
again
, Samuel .
And
Samuel arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou
didst
call
me. And
he
answered
, I called
not, my
son;
lie down again
.
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because
the word of the LORD had
not
yet been
revealed to
him.
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither
was
the word of the LORD yet revealed unto
him.
Once
again,
for
the
third
time,
the LORD called to
Samuel. He got
up,
went to Eli, and said, “
Here I
am ,
for you
have
called
me. ”
Then
Eli realized
that it
was
the LORD who
was
calling
the boy
.
And
the LORD called Samuel again
the
third
time
. And
he arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou
didst
call
me. And
Eli perceived
that the LORD had
called
the child
.
“Go
and
lie
down,”
he
said to
Samuel, “
and if He calls
you
, say, ‘
Speak, LORD ,
for Your
servant is
listening
. ’”
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Therefore
Eli
said unto
Samuel, Go,
lie
down:
and it
shall
be,
if he call
thee
, that
thou
shalt
say, Speak, LORD ;
for thy
servant heareth
. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
Then
the LORD came and stood there
, calling
as before
, “
Samuel !
Samuel !”
And
Samuel answered, “
Speak ,
for Your
servant is
listening
. ”
And
the LORD came ,
and stood, and
called
as at
other
times
, Samuel ,
Samuel .
Then
Samuel answered, Speak ;
for thy
servant heareth
.
Then
the LORD said to Samuel, “
I am
about
to
do something
in Israel at which the ears of all
who
hear
it will
tingle.
And
the LORD said to Samuel, Behold,
I will
do a
thing
in Israel ,
at which both
the ears of every
one
that
heareth
it shall
tingle.
On
that day I will carry
out
against Eli everything
I have spoken about
his family
, from
beginning
to
end.
In
that day I will perform
against Eli all
things
which
I have spoken concerning
his house:
when
I
begin
, I
will
also
make
an
end.
I told him that I would
judge his house forever
for the iniquity of
which he knows,
because his sons blasphemed
God
and he did
not
restrain
them.
For
I have
told him that I will
judge his house for ever
for
the iniquity which he knoweth;
because his sons made
themselves
vile,
and he restrained
them not
.
Therefore I have sworn to
the house of Eli, ‘
The iniquity of Eli’s
house shall never
be atoned
for
by
sacrifice or
offering. ’”
And
therefore I have sworn unto
the house of Eli, that
the iniquity of Eli's
house shall not
be purged
with
sacrifice nor
offering for
ever
.
Samuel lay down
until the morning ;
then
he
opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He
was
afraid
to tell
Eli the vision ,
And
Samuel lay until the morning ,
and
opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And
Samuel
feared
to show
Eli the vision .
but
Eli called to
him
and said, “
Samuel, my son. ”
“
Here I
am ,”
answered
Samuel
.
Then
Eli called Samuel,
and said, Samuel, my son. And
he
answered,
Here am I
.
“
What was
the message
He
gave
you
? ”
Eli
asked.
“Do
not
hide it from me .
May
God punish
you
, and ever
so
severely
, if you
hide from me anything
He said to
you
. ”
And
he
said,
What is
the thing
that
the
LORD
hath
said
unto
thee
? I
pray
thee
hide it not
from me :
God do
so
to
thee
, and more
also
, if thou
hide any
thing
from me of
all
the
things
that
he said unto
thee
.
So
Samuel told him everything
and did
not
hide
a
thing
from him. “
He is the LORD ,”
replied
Eli.
“
Let Him do what is
good in
His
eyes
. ”
And
Samuel told him every
whit,
and hid
nothing
from him. And
he said,
It
is the LORD :
let him do what seemeth
him
good.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He
let none of Samuel’s
words fall to the ground.
And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did
let none of his
words fall to the ground.
So
all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed
as
a prophet of the LORD.
And
all Israel from Dan even
to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established
to
be
a prophet of the LORD.
And the LORD continued
to
appear
at
Shiloh ,
because
there
He
revealed Himself to Samuel by His
word.
And the LORD appeared
again
in
Shiloh :
for
the
LORD
revealed himself to Samuel in
Shiloh
by the
word of
the
LORD
.
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