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 - Y'all Version Bible The child Samuel ministered to YHWH before Eli. the word of YHWH was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then. 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 Ophir.
Mischief will come on mischief, and rumor will be on rumor. They will seek a vision of the prophet; but the law will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served YHWH before Eli the priest.
But Samuel ministered before YHWH, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of YHWH. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.
YHWH appeared again in Shiloh; for YHWH revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of YHWH.