1 Samuel 3:4

Legacy Standard Bible

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

Hebrew Names Version
that the LORD called Shemu'el; and he said, Here am I.

King James Version
That the Lord called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh called out to Samuel and he said, "Here I am!"

English Standard Version
Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!"

New Century Version
Then the Lord called Samuel, and Samuel answered, "I am here!"

New English Translation
The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, "Here I am!"

Amplified Bible
that the LORD called Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am."

New American Standard Bible
that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lorde called Samuel: and hee said, Here I am.

Contemporary English Version
when the Lord called out Samuel's name. "Here I am!" Samuel answered.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai called, "Sh'mu'el!" and he answered, "Here I am."

Darby Translation
that Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Here am I.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord called Samuel, and Samuel answered, "Here I am."

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD called Samuel; and he answered, Here I am.

Good News Translation
the Lord called Samuel. He answered, "Yes, sir!"

Literal Translation
And Jehovah called to Samuel. And he said, Behold me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE called Samuel. He answered: Beholde, here am I.

American Standard Version
that Jehovah called Samuel: and he said, Here am I.

Bible in Basic English
The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde called Samuel. And he aunswered, I am here.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
that the LORD called Samuel; and he said: 'Here am I.'

King James Version (1611)
That the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, Here am I.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, here am I.

English Revised Version
that the LORD called Samuel: and he said, Here am I.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord clepide Samuel; and he answeride and seide, Lo!

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah calleth unto Samuel, and he saith, `Here [am] I.'

Update Bible Version
that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here I am.

Webster's Bible Translation
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here [am] I.

World English Bible
that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, Here am I.

New King James Version
that the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, "Here I am!"

New Living Translation
Suddenly the Lord called out, "Samuel!" "Yes?" Samuel replied. "What is it?"

New Life Bible
Then the Lord called Samuel, and Samuel said, "Here I am."

New Revised Standard
Then the Lord called, "Samuel! Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that Yahweh called unto Samuel, and he said - Behold me!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord called Samuel. And he answered: Here am I.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD called, "Samuel! Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!"

THE MESSAGE
Then God called out, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Yes? I'm here." Then he ran to Eli saying, "I heard you call. Here I am." Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back to bed." And so he did.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am."

Contextual Overview

¹Now the young boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And word from Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were infrequent. ²And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to fade, and he could not see well), ³and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God was, ⁴that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am." ⁵Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; go back, lie down." So he went and lay down. ⁶Then Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son; go back, lie down." ⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, nor had the word of Yahweh yet been revealed to him. ⁸So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy. ⁹And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for Your slave is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. ¹⁰Then Yahweh came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your slave is listening."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

called Samuel: Genesis 22:1, Exodus 3:4, Psalms 99:6, Acts 9:4, 1 Corinthians 12:6-11, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Galatians 1:15, Galatians 1:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:16 - and I Genesis 31:11 - Here am I Genesis 37:13 - Here am I Genesis 46:2 - Jacob Leviticus 24:2 - that they 1 Samuel 3:10 - as at other 1 Samuel 3:21 - the word Isaiah 58:9 - Here Matthew 11:25 - and hast Acts 9:5 - Who Acts 9:10 - Behold

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Deuteronomy 29:19
And it will be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to sweep away the watered land with the dry.'

2 Kings 1:4
Now therefore thus says Yahweh, ‘You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'" Then Elijah departed.

2 Kings 1:6
And they said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, "Thus says Yahweh, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"

2 Kings 1:16
Then he spoke to him, "Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"

2 Kings 8:10
Then Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, ‘You will surely be restored to life,' but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die."

Psalms 10:11
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten;He has hidden His face; He will never see it."

2 Corinthians 2:11
so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be corrupted from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into trespass.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the Lord called Samuel,.... By a voice which came forth from the most holy place, from between the cherubim, the seat of the divine Majesty:

and he answered, here am I; which was not intended to declare the place where he was, but to express his readiness and cheerfulness to do any thing that was required of him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 3:4. The Lord called Samuel — The voice probably came from the holy place, near to which Eli and Samuel were both lying.