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1 Samuel 2:18-21 ESV ...Samuel was ministering before the LORD (), a boy clothed with a linen ephod. (19) And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (20) Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "May the LORD () give you children by this woman for the petition she asked of the LORD ()." So then they would return to their home. (21) Indeed the LORD () visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the LORD ().
1 Samuel 2:18-21 GNB ...In the meantime the boy Samuel continued to serve the LORD (), wearing a sacred linen apron. (19) Each year his mother would make a little robe and take it to him when she accompanied her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (20) Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say to Elkanah, "May the LORD () give you other children by this woman to take the place of the one you dedicated to him." After that they would go back home. (21) The LORD () did bless Hannah, and she had three more sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up in the service of the LORD ().
1 Samuel 2:18-21 GW ...Meanwhile, Samuel continued to serve in front of the LORD (). As a boy he was already wearing a linen ephod. (19) His mother would make him a robe and bring it to him every year when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice. (20) Eli would bless Elkanah (and his wife) and say, "May the LORD () give you children from this woman in place of the one which she has given to the LORD ()." Then they would go home. (21) The LORD () came to Hannah. She became pregnant five times and had three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in front of the LORD ().
1 Samuel 2:18-21 NWT ...And Samuel was ministering before Jehovah (), as a boy, having a linen eph´od girded on. 19 Also, a little sleeveless coat his mother would make for him, and she brought it up to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice. 20 And E´li blessed El·ka´nah and his wife and said: “May Jehovah () appoint to you an offspring from this wife in place of the thing lent, that was lent to Jehovah ().” And they went to their place. 21 Accordingly Jehovah () turned his attention to Han´nah, so that she had pregnancy and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel continued growing up with Jehovah ().
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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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