The Holy Bible

Literal Standard Version (LSV)

Covenant Press

• Publisher: Covenant Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781087882925
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Bibles

THE LSV IS FINALLY HERE: A BRAND NEW, LITERAL, EASY-TO-READ TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE HOLY BIBLE-BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

This is the first edition of the LSV available for Kindle, devices with the Amazon Kindle app, and other e-Readers. The LSV is published by Covenant Press, the publishing arm of the Covenant Christian Coalition.

• A modern, literal, word-for-word (formal equivalence) English translation of the Holy Scriptures utilizing English word rearrangement when necessitated for readability. The LSV is the most literal translation of The Holy Bible, with significant improvement over previous literal translations, including Robert Young's excellent Young's Literal Translation.
• Preservation of verb tenses wherever possible.
• Utilization of the transliterated Tetragrammaton in the Old Testament. All uppercaseLORDis used in the New Testament when a reference to YHWH is likely.
• Removal of many Hebrew and Greek transliterations; remember, transliterationsare generally nottranslations.
• Unlike most translations, justified typographic alignment consistent with the style of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek biblical autographs. The ancient caesura mark is used for easy readability of poetic literature such as the Psalms.
• Inclusion of the verses found in older English translations such as the King James Version (KJV) that are not found in many modern translations; and inclusion of the alternative LXX Genesis chronology set next to the MT. These are contained within bolded double brackets for distinction.
• Capitalized pronouns and other nounal forms when referring to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit. References to the Messenger of the LORD are also capitalized when the subject appears to be a clear reference to God or the Messiah (as found in translations such as the NKJV).

The goal of any good translation is to produce a readable text that preserves the original autographic meaning and comes as close as possible to translating, word-for-word, manuscripts that accurately represent the original writings. It's with this goal in mind that the Literal Standard Version (LSV) was written-a modern, yet literal English translation based upon the most prolific texts: the Masoretic Text (MT) for the Old Testament and the Textus Receptus (TR) and Majority Text (M) for the New. However, in certain, specific instances other manuscript versions and text-types are used where the evidence seems incontrovertible (e.g., the LXX and DSS in the Hebrew and Aramaic; the Alexandrian in the Greek).

ANOTHER TRANSLATION, WHY?

There have been a slew of new English translations in the past half-century, which may cause some to wonder why the need for another. The translators agree with the premise that different translations can serve different demographics and different reading levels to maximize exposure to God's word. In this sense, the LSV is not

1 SAMUEL

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 27 – 28 – 29 – 30 – 31

CHAPTER 1

1 And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite, 2 and he has two wives, the name of the first [is] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah has children, and Hannah has no children. 3 And that man has gone up out of his city from time to time, to bow himself, and to sacrifice, before Yhwh of Hosts, in Shiloh, and there [are] two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests of Yhwh. 4 And the day comes, and Elkanah sacrifices, and he has given portions to his wife Peninnah, and to all her sons and her daughters, 5 and he gives a certain portion to Hannah—double, for he has loved Hannah, and Yhwh has shut her womb; 6 and her rival has also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Yhwh has shut up her womb. 7 And so is done year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Yhwh, so she provokes her, and she weeps, and does not eat. 8 And her husband Elkanah says to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart afflicted? am I not better to you than ten sons?” 9 And Hannah rises after eating in Shiloh, and after drinking, and Eli the priest is sitting on the throne by the doorpost of the temple of Yhwh. 10 And she is bitter in soul, and prays to Yhwh, and weeps greatly, 11 and vows a vow, and says, “Yhwh of Hosts, if You certainly look on the affliction of Your handmaid, and have remembered me, and do not forget Your handmaid, and have given to Your handmaid seed of men—then I have given him to Yhwh all [the] days of his life, and a razor does not go up on his head.” 12 And it has been, when she multiplied praying before Yhwh, that Eli is watching her mouth, 13 and Hannah, she is speaking over her heart—only her lips are moving, and her voice is not heard, and Eli reckons her to be drunken. 14 And Eli says to her, “Until when are you drunken? turn aside your wine from you.” 15 And Hannah answers and says, “No, my lord, I [am] a woman sharply pained in spirit, and I have not drunk wine and strong drink, and I pour out my soul before Yhwh; 16 do not put your handmaid before a daughter of worthlessness, for from the abundance of my meditation, and of my provocation, I have spoken until now.” 17 And Eli answers and says, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel gives your petition which you have asked of Him.” 18 And she says, “Let your handmaid find grace in your eyes”; and the woman goes on her way, and eats, and her face has not been [downcast] for herself anymore. 19 And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before Yhwh, and turn back, and come to their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knows his wife Hannah, and Yhwh remembers her; 20 and it comes to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Samuel, for, “I have asked for him from Yhwh.” 21 And the man Elkanah goes up, and all his house, to sacrifice to Yhwh the sacrifice of the days, and his vow. 22 And Hannah has not gone up, for she said to her husband, “Until the youth is weaned—then I have brought him in, and he has appeared before the face of Yhwh, and dwelt there for all time.” 23 And her husband Elkanah says to her, “Do that which is good in your eyes; abide until your weaning him; only, let Yhwh establish His word”; and the woman abides and suckles her son until she has weaned him, 24 and she causes him to go up with her when she has weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brings him into the house of Yhwh at Shiloh, and the youth [is but] a youth. 25 And they slaughter the bullock, and bring in the youth to Eli, 26 and she says, “O my lord, your soul lives! My lord, I [am] the woman who stood with you in this [place], to pray to Yhwh; 27 I prayed for this youth, and Yhwh gives to me my petition which I asked of Him; 28 and I also have called him to Yhwh, all the days that he has lived—he is called to Yhwh”; and he bows himself there before Yhwh.

CHAPTER 2

1 And Hannah prays and says: “My heart has exulted in Yhwh, || My horn has been high in Yhwh, || My mouth has been large over my enemies, || For I have rejoiced in Your salvation. 2 There is none holy like Yhwh, || For there is none except You, || And there is no rock like our God. 3 You do not multiply—you speak haughtily—The old saying goes out from your mouth, || For Yhwh [is] a God of knowledge, || And actions are weighed by Him. 4 Bows of the mighty are broken, || And the stumbling have girded on strength. 5 The satiated hired themselves for bread, || And the hungry have ceased. While the barren has borne seven, || And she abounding with sons has languished. 6 Yhwh puts to death, and keeps alive, || He brings down to Sheol, and brings up. 7 Yhwh dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high. 8 He raises the poor from the dust, || He lifts up the needy from a dunghill, || To cause [them] to sit with nobles, || Indeed, He causes them to inherit a throne of glory, || For the fixtures of earth [are] of Yhwh, || And He sets the habitable world on them. 9 He keeps the feet of His saints, || And the wicked are silent in darkness, || For man does not become mighty by power. 10 Yhwh—His adversaries are broken down, || He thunders against them in the heavens: Yhwh judges the ends of the earth, || And gives strength to His king, || And exalts the horn of His anointed.” 11 And Elkanah goes to Ramath, to his house, and the youth has been serving Yhwh [in] the presence of Eli the priest; 12 and the sons of Eli [are] sons of worthlessness, they have not known Yhwh. 13 And the custom of the priests with the people [is that when] any man is sacrificing a sacrifice, then the servant of the priest has come in when the flesh is boiling, and [with] the hook of three teeth in his hand, 14 and has struck [it] into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot; all that the hook brings up the priest takes for himself; thus they do to all Israel who are coming in there in Shiloh. 15 Also, before they make incense with the fat, then the priest’s servant has come in and said to the man who is sacrificing, “Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he does not take boiled flesh from you, but raw”; 16 and the man says to him, “Let them surely make incense with the fat according to the [custom] today, then take to yourself as your soul desires”; and he has said to him, “Surely you give now; and if not—I have taken by strength.” 17 And the sin of the young men is very great [in] the presence of Yhwh, for the men have despised the offering of Yhwh. 18 And Samuel is ministering [in] the presence of Yhwh, a youth girt [with] an ephod of linen; 19 and his mother makes a small upper coat for him, and she has brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time. 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “Yhwh appoints seed of this woman for you, for the petition which she asked for Yhwh”; and they have gone to their place. 21 When Yhwh has looked after Hannah, then she conceives and bears three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel grows up with Yhwh. 22 And Eli [is] very old, and has heard all that his sons do to all Israel, and how that they lie with the women who are assembling [at] the opening of the Tent of Meeting, 23 and he says to them, “Why do you do things like these? for I am hearing of your evil words from all the people—these! 24 No, my sons; for the report which I am hearing is not good, causing the people of Yhwh to transgress. 25 If a man sins against a man, then God has judged him; but if a man sins against Yhwh, who prays for him?” And they do not listen to the voice of their father, though Yhwh has delighted to put them to death. 26 And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and [is] good with both Yhwh, and also with men. 27 And a man of God comes to Eli and says to him, “Thus said Yhwh: Was I really revealed to the house of your father in their being in Egypt, before Pharaoh’s house, 28 even to choose him out of all the tribes of Israel for a priest for Myself, to go up on My altar, to make incense, to bear an ephod before Me, and I give to the house of your father all the fire-offerings of the sons of Israel? 29 Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering, which I commanded [in] My habitation, and honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat from the first part of every offering of Israel, of My people? 30 Therefore—a declaration of Yhwh, God of Israel—I certainly said, Your house and the house of your father walk up and down before Me for all time; and now—a declaration of Yhwh—Far be it from Me! For he who is honoring Me, I honor, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, days [are] coming, and I have cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, that an old man is not in your house; 32 and you have beheld an adversary [in My] habitation, in all that He does good with Israel, and there is not an old man in your...

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION TO THE LSV
• THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION
• KEY SCRIPTURES
• GENESIS
• EXODUS
• LEVITICUS
• NUMBERS
• DEUTERONOMY
• JOSHUA
• JUDGES
• RUTH
• 1 SAMUEL
• 2 SAMUEL
• 1 KINGS
• 2 KINGS
• 1 CHRONICLES
• 2 CHRONICLES
• EZRA
• NEHEMIAH
• ESTHER
• JOB
• PSALMS
• PROVERBS
• ECCLESIASTES
• SONG OF SONGS
• ISAIAH
• JEREMIAH
• LAMENTATIONS
• EZEKIEL
• DANIEL
• HOSEA
• JOEL
• AMOS
• OBADIAH
• JONAH
• MICAH
• NAHUM
• HABAKKUK
• ZEPHANIAH
• HAGGAI
• ZECHARIAH
• MALACHI
• MATTHEW
• MARK
• LUKE
• JOHN
• ACTS
• ROMANS
• 1 CORINTHIANS
• 2 CORINTHIANS
• GALATIANS
• EPHESIANS
• PHILIPPIANS
• COLOSSIANS
• 1 THESSALONIANS
• 2 THESSALONIANS
• 1 TIMOTHY
• 2 TIMOTHY
• TITUS
• PHILEMON
• HEBREWS
• JAMES
• 1 PETER
• 2 PETER
• 1 JOHN
• 2 JOHN
• 3 JOHN
• JUDE
• REVELATION
• COVENANT OF THE CCC
• CONVICTIONS OF THE CCC
• POSITIONS OF THE CCC