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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 9

Saul Chosen as King

1 Samuel 9:11

In 11 translations

BSB
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
KJV
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?the hill…: Heb. in the ascent of the city
WEB
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
ASV
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
LSV
They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, “Is the seer in this [place]?”
YLT
They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, 'Is the seer in this [place]?'
DBY
As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?
DRC
And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?
GNV
And as they were going vp the hie way to the citie, they found maydes that came out to draw water, and said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?
JPS
As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them: 'Is the seer here?'
LXXE
As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הֵ֗מָּה עֹלִים֙ בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה הָעִ֔יר וְהֵ֨מָּה֙ מָצְא֣וּ נְעָר֔וֹת יֹצְא֖וֹת לִשְׁאֹ֣ב מָ֑יִם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָהֶ֔ן הֲיֵ֥שׁ בָּזֶ֖ה הָרֹאֶֽה׃
LXX-Br
Αὐτῶν ἀναβαινόντων τὴν ἀνάβασιν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ αὐτοὶ εὑρίσκουσι τὰ κοράσια ἐξεληλυθότα ὑδρεύεσθαι ὕδωρ, καὶ λέγουσιν αὐταῖς, εἰ ἔστιν ἐνταῦθα ὁ βλέπων;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 24:11As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
  • Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Genesis 24:18–20“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to…
  • Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:

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