1 Samuel 2:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

KJV

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

WEB

Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.

ASV

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

LSV

And Elkanah goes to Ramath, to his house, and the youth has been serving YHWH [in] the presence of Eli the priest;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the childe did minister vnto the Lord before Eli the Priest.

JPS

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

LXXE

and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest.

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WLC

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ אֶלְקָנָ֛ה הָרָמָ֖תָה עַל־בֵּית֑וֹ וְהַנַּ֗עַר הָיָ֤ה מְשָׁרֵת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י עֵלִ֥י הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατέλιπεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Ἀρμαθαίμ· καὶ τὸ παιδάριον ἦν λειτουργῶν τῷ προσώπῳ Κυρίου ἐνώπιον Ἡλὶ τοῦ ἱερέως.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 3:1And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.
• 1 Samuel 2:18Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
• 1 Samuel 1:28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
• 1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 3:15Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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