11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.


In Context

8 He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.

9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.

10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. |Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.|

11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh before Eli the priest.

12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the Lord under Eli the priest.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, in the presence of Eli the priest;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister to the LORD before Eli the priest.