撒母耳记上 3:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

因此以利對撒母耳說：“去睡吧！如果他呼喚你，你就說：‘耶和華啊！請說，僕人敬聽。’”於是撒母耳回去，仍然睡在自己的地方。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
因 此 以 利 对 撒 母 耳 说 ： 你 仍 去 睡 罢 ； 若 再 呼 唤 你 ， 你 就 说 ： 耶 和 华 啊 ， 请 说 ， 仆 人 敬 听 ！ 撒 母 耳 就 去 ， 仍 睡 在 原 处 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The boy Samuel served the Lord under Eli. In those days the Lord did not speak directly to people very often; there were very few visions. ² Eli's eyes were so weak he was almost blind. One night he was lying in bed. ³ Samuel was also in bed in the Lord 's house, where the Ark of the Agreement was. God's lamp was still burning. ⁴ Then the Lord called Samuel, and Samuel answered, "I am here!" ⁵ He ran to Eli and said, "I am here. You called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back to bed." So Samuel went back to bed. ⁶ The Lord called again, "Samuel!" Samuel again went to Eli and said, "I am here. You called me." Again Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back to bed." ⁷ Samuel did not yet know the Lord , and the Lord had not spoken directly to him yet. ⁸ The Lord called Samuel for the third time. Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "I am here. You called me." Then Eli realized the Lord was calling the boy. ⁹ So he told Samuel, "Go to bed. If he calls you again, say, ‘Speak, Lord . I am your servant and I am listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in bed. ¹⁰ The Lord came and stood there and called as he had before, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel said, "Speak, Lord . I am your servant and I am listening."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Speak: Exodus 20:19, Psalms 85:8, Isaiah 6:8, Daniel 10:19, Acts 9:6

Reciprocal: Joshua 5:14 - What saith

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:19
You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust."

Genesis 3:20
The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

Genesis 3:21
The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for the man and his wife and dressed them.

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 11:5
The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had built.

Genesis 16:8
The angel said, "Hagar, Sarai's slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?" Hagar answered, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, go, lie down,.... Once more;

and it shall be, if he call thee; the voice, or the Lord by it:

that thou shalt say, speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth; his meaning is, that he should not rise and come to him, as he had done, but continue on his bed, on hearing the voice again, but desire the Lord to speak to him what he had to say, to which he was ready to attend:

so Samuel went and lay down in his place; which, as commonly understood, was in the court of the Levites, :-.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:9. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth — This was the usual way in which the prophets spoke, when they had intimations that the Lord was about to make some especial revelation.