26But the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and pleased both the Lord and men.


In Context

23 And he said to them: Why do ye these kinds of things, which I hear, very wicked things, from all the people?

24 Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

25 If one man shall sin against another, God may be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin against the Lord, who shall pray for him? And they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

26 But the child Samuel advanced, and grew on, and pleased both the Lord and men.

27 And there came a man of God to Heli, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Did I not plainly appear to thy father's house, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharao?

28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my sitar, and burn incense to me, and to wear the ephod before me: and I gave to thy father's house of all the sacrifices of the children of Israel.

1 Samuel 2:26 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:26And the boy Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with Jehovah and also with men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:26And the child Samuel continued to grow, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:26The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:26And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and is good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men.