1 Samuel 3:16

THE MESSAGE

But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”

Hebrew Names Version
Then `Eli called Shemu'el, and said, Shemu'el, my son. He said, Here am I.

King James Version
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

Lexham English Bible
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" And he said, "Here I am."

English Standard Version
But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

New Century Version
but Eli called to him, "Samuel, my son!" Samuel answered, "I am here."

New English Translation
However, Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."

Amplified Bible
But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he answered, "Here I am."

New American Standard Bible
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here I am.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

Contemporary English Version
But Eli told him, "Samuel, my boy, come here!" "Here I am," Samuel answered.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then ‘Eli called Sh'mu'el: "Sh'mu'el, my son!" He answered, "Here I am."

Darby Translation
And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

Easy-to-Read Version
But Eli said to Samuel, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Yes, sir."

George Lamsa Translation
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

Good News Translation
Eli called him, "Samuel, my boy!" "Yes, sir," answered Samuel.

Literal Translation
And Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Behold me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Eli called him & sayde: Samuel my sonne. He answered: Beholde, here am I.

American Standard Version
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

Bible in Basic English
Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Eli called Samuel, and sayde: Samuel, my sonne. And he aunswered: Here am I.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Eli called Samuel, and said: 'Samuel, my son.' And he said: 'Here am I.'

King James Version (1611)
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here am I.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.

English Revised Version
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here Am I.

Berean Standard Bible
but Eli called to him and said, "Samuel, my son." "Here I am," answered Samuel.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Heli clepide Samuel, and seide, Samuel, my sone. And he answeride and seide, Y am redi.

Young's Literal Translation
And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here [am] I.'

Update Bible Version
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here I am.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.

World English Bible
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. He said, Here am I.

New King James Version
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He answered, "Here I am."

New Living Translation
But Eli called out to him, "Samuel, my son." "Here I am," Samuel replied.

New Life Bible
Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And Samuel said, "Here I am."

New Revised Standard
But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." He said, "Here I am."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Eli called Samuel, and said - Samuel! my son. And he said - Behold me!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Heli called Samuel, and said: Samuel, my son. And he answered: Here am I.

Revised Standard Version
But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

Contextual Overview

¹¹ God said to Samuel, "Listen carefully. I'm getting ready to do something in Israel that is going to shake everyone up and get their attention. The time has come for me to bring down on Eli's family everything I warned him of, every last word of it. I'm letting him know that the time's up. I'm bringing judgment on his family for good. He knew what was going on, that his sons were desecrating God's name and God's place, and he did nothing to stop them. This is my sentence on the family of Eli: The evil of Eli's family can never be wiped out by sacrifice or offering." ¹⁵ Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then rose early and went about his duties, opening the doors of the sanctuary, but he dreaded having to tell the vision to Eli. ¹⁶ But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?" ¹⁷ "What did he say? Tell it to me, all of it. Don't suppress or soften one word, as God is your judge! I want it all, word for word as he said it to you." ¹⁸ So Samuel told him, word for word. He held back nothing. Eli said, "He is God . Let him do whatever he thinks best."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:11 - Here am I Genesis 37:13 - Here am I Ruth 2:8 - my daughter 1 Samuel 12:2 - my sons

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"

Genesis 3:6
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.

Genesis 3:7
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.

Genesis 3:8
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.

Genesis 3:9
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."

Genesis 3:11
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"

Genesis 3:16
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."

Genesis 3:17
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Eli called Samuel,.... Perceiving he was risen by the opening of the doors of the tabernacle, which he might hear; and observing he did not come to him as usual, to know whether he wanted anything, and being impatient to hear what was said to him of the Lord:

and he said, Samuel, my son; called him by his name, and in a very tender and affectionate manner, the more to engage him to hasten to him, and thereby also putting him in mind of his filial duty to obey him:

and he answered, here am I; ready to attend and perform any service enjoined him.