ERVEN
KJV
1. 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.
ASV
1. And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
ESV
1. Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
NLT
1. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
WEB
1. The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
NET
1. Now the boy Samuel continued serving the LORD under Eli's supervision. Word from the LORD was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
NLV
1. Now the boy Samuel was working for the Lord with Eli. There were few words from the Lord given in those days, and there were not many special dreams.
HCSB
1. The boy Samuel served the LORD in Eli's presence. In those days the word of the LORD was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.
YLT
1. 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.
LITV
1. And the boy Samuel was serving Jehovah before Eli. And the Word of Jehovah was rare in those days. There was no breaking-through vision.
RV
1. 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.
NCV
1. The boy Samuel served the Lord under Eli. In those days the Lord did not speak directly to people very often; there were very few visions.
MKJV
1. And the child Samuel served Jehovah before Eli. And the Word of Jehovah was rare in those days. There was no open vision.
AKJV
1. And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
LXXEN
1. And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no [Lit. distinguishing] distinct vision.
KJV
1. 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.
AMP
1. 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.
KJVP
1. And the child H5288 Samuel H8050 ministered H8334 unto the LORD H3068 EDS before H6440 L-CMP Eli H5941 . And the word H1697 W-CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS was H1961 VQQ3MS precious H3368 AMS in those H1992 D-PPRO-3MP days H3117 BD-NMP ; [ there ] [ was ] no H369 NPAR open H6555 vision H2377 .
YLT
1. 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.
ASV
1. And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
WEB
1. The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
NASB
1. During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent.
ESV
1. Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
RV
1. 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.
RSV
1. Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
NKJV
1. Then the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; [there was] no widespread revelation.
MKJV
1. And the child Samuel served Jehovah before Eli. And the Word of Jehovah was rare in those days. There was no open vision.
AKJV
1. And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
NRSV
1. Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.
NIV
1. The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions.
NIRV
1. The boy Samuel served the Lord under the direction of Eli. In those days the Lord didn't give many messages to his people. He didn't give them many visions.
NLT
1. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
MSG
1. The boy Samuel was serving GOD under Eli's direction. This was at a time when the revelation of GOD was rarely heard or seen.
GNB
1. In those days, when the boy Samuel was serving the LORD under the direction of Eli, there were very few messages from the LORD, and visions from him were quite rare.
NET
1. Now the boy Samuel continued serving the LORD under Eli's supervision. Word from the LORD was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.
ERVEN
1. The boy Samuel was Eli's helper and served the Lord with him. At that time the Lord did not speak directly to people very often. There were very few visions.