1 Samuel 10:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

KJV

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?of…: Heb. from thence

WEB

One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

ASV

And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

LSV

And a man there answers and says, “And who [is] their father?” Therefore it has been for an allegory, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

YLT

And a man thence answereth and saith, 'And who [is] their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'

DBY

And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

DRC

And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

GNV

And one of the same place answered, and said, But who is their father? Therefore it was a prouerbe, Is Saul also among the Prophets?

JPS

And one of the same place answered and said: 'And who is their father?' Therefore it became a proverb: 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'

LXXE

And one of them answered and said, And who is his father? and therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

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WLC

וַיַּ֨עַן אִ֥ישׁ מִשָּׁ֛ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר וּמִ֣י אֲבִיהֶ֑ם עַל־כֵּן֙ הָיְתָ֣ה לְמָשָׁ֔ל הֲגַ֥ם שָׁא֖וּל בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τίς αὐτῶν, καὶ εἶπε, καὶ τίς πατὴρ αὐτοῦ; καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη εἰς παραβολὴν, ἢ καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐν προφήταις;

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• Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
• John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• John 7:16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

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