We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
1 Samuel 3:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The child Shemu'el ministered to the LORD before `Eli. The word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ofir 1.
Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the Kohen, and counsel from the elders.
Elkana went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to the LORD before `Eli the Kohen.
But Shemu'el ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen efod.
I will raise me up a faithful Kohen, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the Kohanim' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
Shemu'el lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. Shemu'el feared to show `Eli the vision.
The LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the LORD revealed himself to Shemu'el in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.