2And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim — he is not able to see.


In Context

1 And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days — there is no vision broken forth.

2 And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim — he is not able to see.

3 And the lamp of God is not yet extinguished, and Samuel is lying down in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God is,

4 and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, 'Here am I.'

1 Samuel 3:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:2One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli [was] laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, [that] he could not see;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass one day when Heli lay in his place, and his eyes were grown dim, that he could not see:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli lay in his place (now his eyes began to grow dim, he could not see),

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see,)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to grow dim, that he could not see;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2It 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),

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;