1 Samuel 3:2 - Plain English Version

² Eli was a very old man, and he couldn’t see very well. Every night he used to sleep in his usual place in God’s house. One night the old man lay asleep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² At that time Eli, whose eyesight had dimmed so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),

Common English Bible

² One day Eli, whose eyes had grown so weak he was unable to see, was lying down in his room.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Then it happened that, on a certain day, Eli was lying in his place. And his eyes had dimmed, so that he was unable to see.

1 Samuel 3:2 Cross References

Genesis 27:1

A long time later, when Isaac was old, his eyes got really weak and he couldn’t see. One day, Isaac sent somebody to get his oldest son Esau. Then Esau came to him, and Isaac said, “My son.” And Esau said, “Yes, Father?”

Genesis 48:19

But Jacob didn’t move his hand. He said, “No, my son. I know for sure that I’m doing the right thing. Listen, your older son will have a big family, and they will become an important tribe. But your younger son will be more important than your older son. He will have a really big family, and later on, his tribe will be really big and really important.”

1 Samuel 2:22

Eli became a really old man. He heard that his 2 sons did wrong things to the Israel people. He also heard that they slept with the women that worked in God’s house, like men sleep with their wives, but those men were not married to those women. Those women worked at the front door of the house.