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The LORD Calls Samuel

1 Samuel 3:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
KJV
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.Now…: or, Thus did Samuel before he knew the LORD, and before the word of the LORD was revealed unto him
WEB
Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.
ASV
Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him.
LSV
And Samuel has not yet known YHWH, and the word of YHWH is not yet revealed to him.
YLT
And Samuel hath not yet known Jehovah, and the word of Jehovah is not yet revealed unto him.
DBY
Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.
DRC
Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither had the word of the Lord been revealed to him.
GNV
Thus did Samuel, before hee knewe the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was reueiled vnto him.
JPS
Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
LXXE
And it was before Samuel knew the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was revealed to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל טֶ֖רֶם יָדַ֣ע אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְטֶ֛רֶם יִגָּלֶ֥ה אֵלָ֖יו דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Σαμουὴλ πρὶν γνῶναι Θεὸν, καὶ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι αὐτῷ ῥῆμα Κυρίου.

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  • Acts 19:2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
  • Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

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