| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Meanwhile the boy Samuel was serving the LORD before Eli. A word from the LORD was rare in those days, and visions were infrequent. | 1Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. |
| 2At that time Eli, whose vision was growing dim, was lying down in his bedroom. | 2One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. |
| 3The lamp of God had not yet been extinguished, and Samuel was lying down in the tent of the LORD where the Ark of God was. | 3The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God. |
| 4The LORD called out to Samuel, who answered, "Here I am." | 4Suddenly the LORD called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” |
| 5He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am! You called me." "I didn't call you," Eli said. "Go back and lie down." So he went and lay down. | 5He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did. |
| 6Then the LORD again called out, "Samuel!" So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am! You called me." He said, "I didn't call you, my son. Go back and lie down." | 6Then the LORD called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.” |
| 7Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD and had not yet had the word of the LORD revealed to him. | 7Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before. |
| 8Then the LORD called out to Samuel again a third time, and he got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am! You called me." Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the boy, | 8So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy. |
| 9so Eli told Samuel, "Go lie down, and then if he calls you, answer, 'Speak, LORD, because your servant is listening.'" Then Samuel went and lay down. | 9So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed. |
| 10Later, the LORD came and stood there, calling out, "Samuel! Samuel!" as he had before. Samuel said, "Speak, because your servant is listening." | 10And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.” |
| 11"Look," the LORD told Samuel. "I'm about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears it tingle. | 11Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. |
| 12I'll fulfill every promise that I've spoken concerning Eli's family, from beginning to end. | 12I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. |
| 13I've told him that I'm about to judge his family forever because of the iniquity that he knew about. His sons committed blasphemy and he did not rebuke them. | 13I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them. |
| 14Therefore I've sworn concerning Eli's family that the iniquity of his family is not to be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever." | 14So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.” Samuel Speaks for the LORD |
| 15Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the LORD, but he was afraid to report the vision to Eli. | 15Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him. |
| 16Then Eli called Samuel: "Samuel, my son." He said, "Here I am." | 16But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” Samuel replied. |
| 17Eli said, "What did the LORD say to you? Please don't conceal anything from me. May God do this to you and even more if you conceal from me one word of all that he spoke to you." | 17“What did the LORD say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!” |
| 18So Samuel told him everything—he did not conceal anything from him. Eli said, "He is the LORD. May he do what seems good to him." | 18So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the LORD’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.” |
| 19As Samuel grew, the LORD was with him and did not let any of Samuel's predictions fail. | 19As Samuel grew up, the LORD was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable. |
| 20All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as the LORD's prophet. | 20And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. |
| 21The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because he revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by means of messages from the LORD. | 21The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle. |
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