1 Samuel 2:18
“¶ But Samuel ministred before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linnen Ephod.”
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1 Samuel 2:18 Context
16And if any man said vnto him, Let them not faile to burne the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soule desireth: then hee would answere him, Nay, but thou shalt giue it mee now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17Wherefore the sinne of the yong men was very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18¶ But Samuel ministred before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linnen Ephod. 19Moreouer, his mother made him a litle coate, and brought it to him from yeere to yeere, when she came vp with her husband, to offer the yeerely sacrifice. 20¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah, and his wife, and said, The Lord giue thee seed of this woman, for the loane which is lent to the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 2:18
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- King James Version
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, {as} a boy wearing a linen ephod.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
- Basic English Bible
And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
- Darby Bible
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- Webster's Bible
But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
- World English Bible
And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen;
- Youngs Literal Bible
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 2:18
2:18 Ministered - That is, performed his ministration carefully and faithfully. Before the Lord - In God's tabernacle. Ephod - A garment used in God's service, and allowed not only to the inferior priests and Levites but also to eminent persons of the people, and therefore to Samuel, who, though no Levite, was a Nazarite, from his birth.