18And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.


In Context

15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he will not accept sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

16 If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say to him, No, but thou shalt give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.

17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.

18 And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

19 And his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to Jehovah. And they went to their own home.

1 Samuel 2:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel was ministering before the Lord -a boy wearing a linen ephod.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Samuel is ministering in the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt with an ephod of linen;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:18But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.