1 Samuel 3:16
 1 Samuel 3:16 
New International Version (©2011)
but Eli called him and said, "Samuel, my son." Samuel answered, "Here I am."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Eli called out to him, "Samuel, my son." "Here I am," Samuel replied.

English Standard Version (©2001)
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."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
but Eli called him and said, "Samuel, my son." "Here I am," answered Samuel.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Then Eli called Samuel: "Samuel, my son." He said, "Here I am."

NET Bible (©2006)
However, Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then Eli called Samuel. "Samuel, my son!" he said. "Here I am," he responded.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.

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

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

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

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

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

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 I am."

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:11-18 What a great deal of guilt and corruption is there in us, concerning which we may say, It is the iniquity which our own heart knoweth; we are conscious to ourselves of it! Those who do not restrain the sins of others, when it is in their power to do it, make themselves partakers of the guilt, and will be charged as joining in it. In his remarkable answer to this awful sentence, Eli acknowledged that the Lord had a right to do as he saw good, being assured that he would do nothing wrong. The meekness, patience, and humility contained in those words, show that he was truly repentant; he accepted the punishment of his sin.


Pulpit Commentary

Verses 16, 17, 18. - God do so to thee, etc. This adjuration shows how great had been the agony of Eli's suspense, yet, true to his sluggish nature, he had waited patiently till the morning came. Then he summons Samuel to him, calling him lovingly my son, and everything tends to show that there was a real affection between the two. He next asks, What is the thing that he hath said unto thee? The A.V. greatly weakens this by inserting the words "The Lord." The original is far more suggestive. Put quite indefinitely, it says, "Whoever or whatsoever be thy visitor, yet tell me all." Then, when Eli has heard the message, he says, It is Jehovah. Though he had not had the courage to do what was right, yet his submission to God, and the humility of his resignation, prove that the Holy Ghost had in these years of waiting being doing its work upon the old man's heart. Eli's adjuration, we must further note, was equivalent to putting Samuel upon his oath, so that any concealment on his part would have involved the sin of perjury.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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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Samuel Shares his Vision
15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. 16Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 17And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said to you? I pray you hide it not from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide any thing from me of all the things that he said to you. …

1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
1 Samuel 3:17 "What was it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you."