1 Samuel 2:18
What does 1 Samuel 2:18 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 2:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But Samuel did the work of the Lord's house, while he was a child, dressed in a linen ephod.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Samuel is ministering <FI>in<Fi> the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt <FI>with<Fi> an ephod of linen;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 15:27
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.
- Exodus 28:4
And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- 1 Samuel 2:28
and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- Leviticus 8:7
And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
- 1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
- 2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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