1 Samuel · Brenton's English Septuagint
1 Samuel 3 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.
2 And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
2 At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
3 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God.
3 and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was,
4 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
4 Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”
5 And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.” He went and lay down.
6 And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
6 Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
7 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
7 Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.
8 And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child.
8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.” Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
9 And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.
10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
11 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
11 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
13 And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
14 And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”
15 And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision.
15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.
16 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I.
16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!” He said, “Here I am.”
17 And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.
17 He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”
18 And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
19 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
21 And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord.
21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by Yahweh’s word.
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Samuel
Born to Hannah in answer to prayer and dedicated to the LORD at Shiloh, he was confirmed as a prophet, judged Israel all his life, anointed Saul and then David, and was buried at…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Samuel 7:15
Cross references (19)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Amos 8:11–12; Psalm 74:9; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 2:18
- 2 1 Samuel 4:15; Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; Psalm 90:10; Genesis 48:19
- 3 Psalm 27:4; Leviticus 24:2–4; Exodus 27:20–21; Psalm 5:7; Psalm 29:9
- 4 Isaiah 6:8; Genesis 22:1; 1 Corinthians 12:6–11; Psalm 99:6; Exodus 3:4
- 6 Genesis 43:29; 1 Samuel 4:16; Matthew 9:2; 2 Samuel 18:22
- 7 Acts 19:2; Jeremiah 9:24
- 8 Job 33:14–15; 1 Corinthians 13:11–12
- 9 Isaiah 6:8; Exodus 20:19; Psalm 85:8; Acts 9:6; Daniel 10:19
- 10 1 Samuel 3:8
- 11 Habakkuk 1:5; 2 Kings 21:12; Acts 13:41; Jeremiah 19:3; Luke 21:26
- 12 1 Samuel 2:27–36; Luke 21:33; Joshua 23:15; Numbers 23:19; Zechariah 1:6
- 13 Proverbs 19:18; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:17; Matthew 10:37; Proverbs 23:13–14
- 14 Isaiah 22:14; Jeremiah 7:16; 1 Samuel 2:25; Numbers 15:30–31; Jeremiah 15:1
- 15 Jeremiah 1:6–8; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Corinthians 16:10–11; Malachi 1:10
- 17 Ruth 1:17; 2 Samuel 3:35; Micah 2:7; 1 Samuel 20:13; Daniel 4:19
- 18 Job 2:10; Isaiah 39:8; 1 Peter 5:6; Judges 10:15; Lamentations 3:39
- 19 Genesis 39:2; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 8:56; Luke 2:52; 2 Timothy 4:22
- 20 Judges 20:1; 2 Samuel 3:10; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Samuel 17:11
- 21 1 Samuel 3:1; Genesis 12:7; 1 Samuel 3:4; Genesis 15:1; Numbers 12:6
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