1 Samuel 3:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.”
Read 1 Samuel 3:1 in the flow of 1 Samuel3 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open 1 Samuel3 to see the surrounding context.
“And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days--there is no vision broken forth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 3:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:11Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
- 1 Samuel 2:18Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 3:15Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
- 1 Samuel 3:21And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
- Psalms 74:9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- Isaiah 13:12I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
- Amos 8:11Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
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