5He ran to Eli, and said, |Here I am; for you called me.| He said, |I didn't call; lie down again.| He went and lay down.


In Context

2 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),

3 and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down to sleep, in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;

4 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, |Here I am.|

5 He ran to Eli, and said, |Here I am; for you called me.| He said, |I didn't call; lie down again.| He went and lay down.

6 Yahweh called yet again, |Samuel!| Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, |Here I am; for you called me.| He answered, |I didn't call, my son; lie down again.|

7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.

1 Samuel 3:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here [am] I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran to Heli and said: Here am I: for thou didst call me. He said: I did not call: go back and sleep. And he went and slept.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And he runneth unto Eli, and saith, 'Here am I, for thou hast called for me;' and he saith, 'I called not; turn back, lie down;' and he goeth and lieth down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.