1 Samuel 2:11

English Standard Version

¹¹Then Elkanah went home ^(A)to Ramah. ^(B)And the boy^[a] was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:11 Hebrew na‘ar can be rendered boy (2:11, 18, 21, 26; 3:1, 8), servant (2:13, 15), or young man (2:17), depending on the context

1 Samuel 2:11

New International Version

¹¹Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,^(A) but the boy ministered^(B) before the Lord under Eli the priest.

¹⁸^(A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy ^(B)clothed with a linen ephod.

¹⁸But Samuel was ministering^(A) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.^(B)

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New International Version (NIV)