1 Samuel 2:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
But Samuel was ministering before the LORD--a boy wearing a linen ephod.

New Living Translation
But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD. He wore a linen garment like that of a priest.

English Standard Version
Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.

Berean Study Bible
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

New American Standard Bible
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

NASB 1995
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

NASB 1977
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

Amplified Bible
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a child dressed in a linen ephod [a sacred item of priestly clothing].

Christian Standard Bible
Samuel served in the LORD’s presence —this mere boy was dressed in the linen ephod.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The boy Samuel served in the LORD's presence and wore a linen ephod.

Contemporary English Version
The boy Samuel served the LORD and wore a special linen garment

Good News Translation
In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the LORD, wearing a sacred linen apron.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Meanwhile, Samuel continued to serve in front of the LORD. As a boy he was [already] wearing a linen ephod.

International Standard Version
Now Samuel was ministering in the LORD's presence, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

NET Bible
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

New King James Version
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod.

King James 2000 Bible
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

New Heart English Bible
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

World English Bible
But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.

American King James Version
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

American Standard Version
But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

A Faithful Version
And Samuel served before the LORD, a child girded with a linen ephod.

Darby Bible Translation
And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

English Revised Version
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Now Samuel being a yong childe ministred before the Lord, girded with a linen Ephod.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But Samuel was a mynister before the LORDE, and the childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of YHWH, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen;

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel is ministering in the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt with an ephod of linen;

Smith's Literal Translation
And Samuel serving before Jehovah, a boy girded with an ephod of linen.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Samuel the boy was ministering before LORD JEHOVAH and was wearing an ephod of fine white linen

Lamsa Bible
But the boy Samuel ministered before the LORD, and he wore a linen ephod.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girt with a linen ephod.
















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