1SA 2:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ κατέλιπεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς Ἀρμαθαίμ· καὶ τὸ παιδάριον ἦν λειτουργῶν τῷ προσώπῳ Κυρίου ἐνώπιον Ἡλὶ τοῦ ἱερέως.
(Kai katelipen auton ekei enōpion Kuriou, kai apaʸlthen eis Armathaim; kai to paidarion aʸn leitourgōn tōi prosōpōi Kuriou enōpion Haʸli tou hiereōs. )

BrTr and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest.

ULT Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was serving Yahweh at the face of Eli the priest.

UST After that, Elkanah and his family returned to their home in Ramah. But Samuel, who was still a little boy, stayed at the sacred tent to work with Eli the priest to help the people worship Yahweh.

BSB § Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

OEB So Elkanah went to Ramah. But the lad was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

WEBBE Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.

LSV And Elkanah goes to Ramath, to his house, and the youth has been serving YHWH [in] the presence of Eli the priest;

FBV Then Elkanah went home to Ramah while the boy stayed with Eli the priest serving the Lord.

T4T Then Elkanah and his family returned to Ramah, but Samuel, the little boy, stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh.

LEB Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh _⌊in the presence of_⌋[fn] Eli the priest.

2:11 Literally “in the face of”

BBE Then Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child became the servant of the Lord under the direction of Eli the priest.

Moff No Moff 1SA book available

JPS And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

ASV And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.

DRA And Elcana went to Ramatha, to his house: but the child ministered in the sight of the Lord before the face of Heli the priest.

YLT And Elkanah goeth to Ramath, unto his house, and the youth hath been serving Jehovah, [in] the presence of Eli the priest;

Drby And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.

RV And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

SLT And Elkanah will go to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was serving Jehovah in the face of Eli the priest.

Wbstr And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

KJB-1769 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.

KJB-1611 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the child did minister vnto the LORD before Eli the Priest.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad dyd minister vnto the Lorde before Eli the priest.
(And Elkana went to Ramath to his house, and the lad did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.)

Gnva And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the childe did minister vnto the Lord before Eli the Priest.
(And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house, and the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the Priest. )

Cvdl Elcana wente his waye to Ramath vnto his house. And the childe became the LORDES mynister before Eli the prest.
(Elcana went his way to Ramath unto his house. And the child became the LORDS minister before Eli the priest.)

Wycl And Helcana yede in to Ramatha, in to his hows; forsothe the child was seruaunt in the siyt of the Lord bifor the face of Ely the preest.
(And Helcana went in to Ramatha, in to his house; for_certain/truly the child was servant in the sight of the Lord before the face of Ely the priest.)

Luth Elkana aber ging hin gen Ramath in sein Haus, und der Knabe war des HErr’s Diener vor dem Priester Eli.
(Elkana but went there to/toward Ramath in be house, and the/of_the boy/lad what/which the LORD’s Diener before/in_front_of to_him priest(s) Eli.)

ClVg Et abiit Elcana Ramatha, in domum suam: puer autem erat minister in conspectu Domini ante faciem Heli sacerdotis.
(And he_went/is_gone Elcana Ramatha, in/into/on home his_own: child however was minister in/into/on in_sight Master before face Heli of_the_priest. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1SA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יֵּ֧לֶךְ אֶלְקָנָ֛ה הָ⁠רָמָ֖תָ⁠ה עַל־בֵּית֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠הַ⁠נַּ֗עַר הָיָ֤ה מְשָׁרֵת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י עֵלִ֥י הַ⁠כֹּהֵֽן

and=he/it_went ʼElqānāh the,Ramah,to on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in home_of,his and,the,boy it_became ministered DOM YHWH DOM face/surface_of ˊĒlī the=priest/officer

Here the author is saying what happened at the end of the story of Hannah praying for a child and dedicating him to Yahweh. Your language may have its own way of presenting such information.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֶלְקָנָ֛ה

ʼElqānāh

As the Introduction to 1 Samuel discusses, here as in many other instances throughout the book, the author is using the name of a person to represent him and other people who are associated with or accompanying him. Be alert to this usage and represent it in a natural way in your translation. The UST will typically show when it is present. Alternate translation: [Elkanah and his wives and children]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הַ⁠נַּ֗עַר

and,the,boy

The author assumes that readers will know that by the boy, he means Samuel. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Samuel]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־פְּנֵ֖י עֵלִ֥י

DOM DOM face/surface_of ˊĒlī

See the discussion in the Introduction to this chapter of why the author may say at here rather than the usual “to.” Alternate translation: [together with Eli] or [as an apprentice to Eli]

Parallel 1SA 2:11