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


In Context

15 But even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, but only raw."

16 If the man said to him, "Let the fat be burned up first, and then take whatever you want," the servant would then answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force."

17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord 's sight, for they were treating the Lord 's offering with contempt.

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

19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, "May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord ." Then they would go home.

1st Samuel 2:18 in Other Translations

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 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.