We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
1 Samuel 3:1 - English Standard Version 2016 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW THE boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; there was no frequent or widely spread vision. American Standard Version (1901) And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. Common English Bible Now the boy Samuel was serving the LORD under Eli. The LORD’s word was rare at that time, and visions weren’t widely known. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no manifest vision. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days: there was no manifest vision. |
We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.
I will make people more rare than fine gold, and mankind than the gold of Ophir.
Disaster comes upon disaster; rumor follows rumor. They seek a vision from the prophet, while the law perishes from the priest and counsel from the elders.
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, “Please put me in one of the priests’ places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.