1 Samuel 3:16

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here am I.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son. And he said, "Here I am.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
- American Standard Version (1901)

Then Eli said, Samuel, my son. And Samuel answering said, Here am I.
- Basic English Bible

And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
- Darby Bible

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
- Webster's Bible

Then Eli called Samuel, and said, "Samuel, my son!" He said, "Here I am."
- World English Bible

And Eli calleth Samuel, and saith, `Samuel, my son;' and he saith, `Here [am] I.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

Then Eli called Samuel, and said: 'Samuel, my son.' And he said: `Here am I.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 3:16

3:14 Have sworn - Or, I do swear: the past tense being commonly put for the present in the Hebrew tongue. Unto - Or, concerning it. Purged - That is, the punishment threatened against Eli and his family, shall not he prevented by all their sacrifices, but shall infallibly be executed.

3:15 Doors - Altho' the tabernacle, whilst it was to be removed from place to place in the wilderness, had no doors, but consisted only of curtains, and had hangings before the entrance, instead of doors; yet when it was settled in one place, as now it was in Shiloh, it was enclosed within some solid building, which had doors and posts, and other parts belonging to it. Feared - The matter of the vision or revelation, partly from the reverence he bore to his person, to whom he was loth to be a messenger of such sad tidings; partly, lest if he had been hasty to utter it, Eli might think him guilty of arrogancy or secret complacency in his calamity.

3:17 God do so, &c. - God inflict the same evils upon thee, which I suspect he hath pronounced against me, and greater evils too.

3:18 It is the Lord - This severe sentence is from the sovereign Lord of the world, who hath an absolute right to dispose of me and all his creatures; who is in a special manner the ruler of the people of Israel, to whom it properly belongs to punish all mine offences; whose chastisement I therefore accept.