Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 youth
Samuel is
serving
Jehovah
before Eli ,
and
the word of Jehovah
hath
been
precious
in
those
days
--
there
is
no
vision
broken
forth
.
And at that time Eli, whose
eyesight
had
grown
so
dim that
he could
not see ,
was
lying
in
his
room
.
And it
cometh
to
pass,
at that time ,
that
Eli is
lying
down
in
his
place
, and
his
eyes
have
begun
to
be
dim --
he is
not able
to
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 is
not
yet
extinguished
, and
Samuel is
lying down in the temple of Jehovah
, where the ark of God `is',
Then
the
LORD
called
to
Samuel, and he answered
, “
Here I
am. ”
and
Jehovah
calleth
unto
Samuel, and he saith
, `
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 runneth
unto
Eli ,
and saith
, `
Here `
am '
I
, for thou
hast
called for
me ;'
and
he
saith,
`
I called
not ;
turn
back ,
lie down ;'
and
he goeth
and lieth
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
Jehovah
addeth
to
call
again Samuel, and
Samuel
riseth
and
goeth
unto
Eli, and saith
, `
Here `
am '
I
, for thou
hast
called for
me ;'
and
he
saith
, `
I have
not called
, my
son,
turn
back ,
lie down. '
Now
Samuel did
not yet know
the
LORD
, because
the word of the
LORD
had
not yet been
revealed to
him.
And
Samuel hath
not yet known
Jehovah
, and
the word of Jehovah
is
not 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
Jehovah
addeth
to
call
Samuel
the third time, and
he riseth
and
goeth
unto
Eli, and saith
, `
Here `
am '
I
, for thou
hast
called for
me ;'
and
Eli understandeth
that Jehovah
is
calling to
the youth
.
“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.
And Eli
saith
to Samuel, `Go,
lie
down,
and it
hath
been,
if He doth
call
unto
thee
, that
thou
hast
said
, Speak, Jehovah
, for Thy
servant is hearing;'
and
Samuel goeth
and lieth
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 Jehovah
cometh
, and
stationeth
Himself,
and
calleth
as time
by
time
, `
Samuel ,
Samuel ;'
and Samuel saith
, `
Speak, for Thy
servant if
hearing
. '
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
Jehovah
saith
unto
Samuel, `Lo,
I am doing
a
thing
in Israel ,
at which the two
ears of every
one
hearing
it do
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 establish
unto
Eli all
that
I have spoken unto
his house
, beginning and
completing;
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 .
and
I have
declared
to
him that I am
judging
his house --
to
the
age,
for the iniquity which he hath
known
, for
his sons are
making
themselves
vile,
and he hath
not restrained
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. ’”
and
therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli :
the iniquity of the
house of
Eli
is
not
atoned for ,
by sacrifice ,
and
by
offering --
unto
the
age
. '
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 lieth
till
the morning ,
and
openeth
the doors of the house of Jehovah,
and
Samuel
is
afraid of
declaring
the vision unto
Eli.
but
Eli called
to
him
and said
, “
Samuel, my son .”
“
Here I
am ,”
answered
Samuel
.
And
Eli calleth
Samuel,
and saith
, `
Samuel, my son ;'
and
he
saith,
`
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
saith,
`
What `is'
the word
which
He hath
spoken
unto
thee
? I
pray
thee,
hide it not
from me ;
so
doth
God do
to
thee
, and so doth
He
add
, if thou
hidest
from me a
word
of
all
the
words
that
He hath
spoken
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 declareth
to
him the
whole
of
the
words,
and hath
not hid
from him ;
and
he saith
, `It
`
is '
Jehovah;
that
which
is
good in His eyes He
doth
. '
And Samuel grew
, and the
LORD
was
with him, and He
let none
of Samuel’s
words fall
to the ground.
And Samuel groweth
up
, and Jehovah
hath
been
with him, and hath
not
let fall
any
of his
words to the earth;
So
all Israel from Dan to
Beersheba
knew
that Samuel was
confirmed
as
a prophet of
the
LORD
.
and
all Israel know,
from Dan even
unto
Beer-Sheba,
that Samuel is
established
for
a prophet to
Jehovah
.
And the
LORD
continued
to appear at
Shiloh, because
there
He
revealed Himself
to
Samuel by His
word.
And Jehovah
addeth
to appear in
Shiloh, for
Jehovah
hath
been
revealed unto
Samuel ,
in
Shiloh,
by the
word of
Jehovah
.
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