Saul Chosen as King
1 Samuel 9:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
- KJV
- Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.
- WEB
- Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
- ASV
- Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.
- LSV
- And Saul draws near to Samuel in the midst of the gate and says, “Please declare to me where this seer’s house [is].”
- YLT
- And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, 'Declare, I pray thee, to me, where [is] this — the seer's house?'
- DBY
- And Saul drew near to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
- DRC
- And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer?
- GNV
- Then went Saul to Samuel in the middes of the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the Seers house is.
- JPS
- Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'
- LXXE
- And Saul drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now which is the house of the seer?Lit. brought near.Gr. of what kind?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵי־זֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית הָרֹאֶֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ προσήγαγε Σαοὺλ πρὸς Σαμουὴλ εἰς μέσον τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπεν, ἀπάγγειλον δὴ ποῖος ὁ οἶκος τοῦ βλέποντος.
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