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Webster's Bible Translation

1 Samuel 3:16

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Samuel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Samuel;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eli;   Samuel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hophni;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Eli;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sam'uel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Samuel the Prophet;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hophni and Phinehas;  

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.
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."
THE MESSAGE
But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."

Contextual Overview

11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all [things] which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 13 For I have told him, that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD: and Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I. 17 And he said, What [is] the thing that [the LORD] hath said to thee? I pray thee hide [it] not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou shalt hide [any] thing from me, of all the things that he said to thee. 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

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
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked: and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made for themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, Where [art] thou?
Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden: and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman, whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children: and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

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.


 
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