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


In Context

15 Also 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 boiled flesh of thee, but raw.

16 And if any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, No; but thou shalt give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

17 Wherefore 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 coat, 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 issue of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. 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 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 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.