1 Samuel 2:18
World English Bible (WEB)
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
In context
16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
17 The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the LORD’s offering.
18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD.” Then they went to their own home.
1 Samuel 2:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
- KJV King James Version
- But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.