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


In Context

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

16 And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

17 And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

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

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

20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD. And they went unto 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy 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.