Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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
.
The child
Samuel ministered to Yahweh
before Eli. The word of Yahweh
was precious
in
those
days;
there
was
no
frequent
vision
.
And
at that time Eli
, whose
eyesight
had grown
so
dim that he could not see, was
lying
in
his
room.
It
happened
at that time, when
Eli
was
laid
down
in
his
place
(now
his
eyes
had begun
to
grow
dim ,
so
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
the lamp of God hadn't
yet
gone out, and
Samuel had
laid
down [to
sleep],
in the temple of Yahweh
, where the ark of God was ;
Then
the
LORD
called to
Samuel ,
and he answered
, “
Here I
am. ”
that
Yahweh
called Samuel ;
and he said
, 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.
He ran to Eli ,
and said, Here am I;
for you called me. He
said,
I didn't
call ;
lie down again
. 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. ”
Yahweh
called yet
again
, Samuel .
Samuel arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for you called me. He
answered
, I didn't
call, 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 didn't
yet know Yahweh
, neither
was
the word of Yahweh
yet revealed to 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
.
Yahweh
called
Samuel
again the third time. He arose
and
went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for you called me. Eli perceived
that Yahweh
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 to Samuel, Go,
lie
down:
and it
shall
be,
if he call
you, that
you
shall
say, Speak, Yahweh;
for your servant hears
. 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
. ”
Yahweh
came ,
and stood, and
called
as at
other
times
, Samuel ,
Samuel .
Then
Samuel said
, Speak ;
for your servant hears
.
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.
Yahweh
said to Samuel, Behold,
I will
do a
thing
in Israel ,
at which both
the ears of everyone
who hears
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
that
I have spoken concerning
his house
, from the
beginning even
to the
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 forever ,
for the iniquity which he knew
, because his sons did
bring
a
curse
on
themselves,
and he didn't
restrain them.
Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘
The iniquity of Eli’s
house shall never
be atoned
for
by
sacrifice or
offering. ’”
Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that
the iniquity of Eli's
house shall not
be expiated
with
sacrifice nor
offering forever
.
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 ,
Samuel lay until the morning ,
and
opened the doors of the house of Yahweh
. 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. He
said,
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. ”
He
said,
"
What is
the thing
that
[Yahweh]
has
spoken
to
you? Please
don't
hide it from me. God do
so
to
you, and more
also
, if you hide anything
from me of
all
the
things
that
he spoke
to you. "
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
. ”
Samuel told him every
whit,
and hid
nothing
from him. He said
, It
is
Yahweh:
let him do what seems
him
good.
And
Samuel grew, and the
LORD
was with him, and He
let none of Samuel’s
words fall to the ground.
Samuel grew, and Yahweh
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
.
All Israel from Dan even
to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established
to
be
a prophet of Yahweh
.
And
the
LORD
continued
to
appear
at
Shiloh ,
because
there
He
revealed Himself to Samuel by His
word.
Yahweh
appeared
again
in
Shiloh ;
for
Yahweh
revealed himself to Samuel in
Shiloh
by the
word of
Yahweh
.
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