And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. Amo 8:11; Psa 74:9; Pro 29:18
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
DRANow the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli, and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no manifest vision.
FBVThe boy Samuel served before the Lord under Eli's supervision. At that time messages from the Lord were rare—visions were not common.
GNVNowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was precious in those dayes: for there was no manifest vision.
LSVAnd the youth Samuel is serving YHWH before Eli, and the word of YHWH has been precious in those days—there is no vision breaking forth.
NASBNow the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days; visions were infrequent.NASB 2020
The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.
NMVAnd the child Sh’mu’el [His name is El] ministered unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) before ‘Eli [ascension]. And the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) was precious in those days; [there was] no open vision.
OJBAnd the na'ar Shmuel ministered unto Hashem before Eli. And the Devar Hashem was yakar (precious, dear, rare) in those days; there was no chazon nifratz [prophetic] vision open, spread out, common.
T4TWhile he was still a boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages that anyone received from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions that Yahweh gave them.