1 Samuel 3:15
Good News Translation
Samuel stayed in bed until morning; then he got up and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

New Revised Standard Version
Samuel lay there until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

Contemporary English Version
The next morning, Samuel got up and opened the doors to the LORD's house. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said.

New American Bible
Samuel then slept until morning, when he got up early and opened the doors of the temple of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel slept till morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Heli.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Samuel slept till morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Heli.

opened

1 Samuel 1:9 So Anna arose after she had eaten and drunk in Silo: And Heli, the priest, sitting upon a stool before the door of the temple of the Lord;

Malachi 1:10 Who is there among you, that will shut the doors, and will kindle the fire on my altar gratis? I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will not receive a gift of your hand.

feared

Jeremiah 1:6-8 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. . . .

1 Corinthians 16:10,11 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. . . .

Context
Samuel Shares the Vision
15And Samuel slept till morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Heli.16Then Heli called Samuel, and said: Samuel, my son. And he answered: Here am I.…
Cross References
Numbers 12:6
He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

1 Samuel 3:10
And the Lord came, and stood, and he called, as he had called the other times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said: Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth.

1 Samuel 3:16
Then Heli called Samuel, and said: Samuel, my son. And he answered: Here am I.

1 Chronicles 15:23
And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.

1 Samuel 3:14
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