1 Samuel 10:22

Bible in Basic English

So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They again inquired of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore they asked of the LORD further, Is there yet a man to come here? the LORD answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.

King James Version
Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.

Lexham English Bible
So they inquired again of Yahweh, "Did the man come here?" And Yahweh said, "Look, he is hiding himself among the baggage."

English Standard Version
So they inquired again of the Lord , "Is there a man still to come?" and the Lord said, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

New Century Version
They asked the Lord , "Has Saul come here yet?" The Lord said, "Yes. He's hiding behind the baggage."

New English Translation
So they inquired again of the Lord , "Has the man arrived here yet?" The Lord said, "He has hidden himself among the equipment."

Amplified Bible
So they inquired further of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD answered, "He is there, hiding himself by the provisions and supplies."

New American Standard Bible
Therefore they inquired further of the LORD: "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore they asked the Lorde againe, if that man should yet come thither. And the Lorde answered, Beholde, he hath hid himselfe among the stuffe.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore they inquired further of Yahweh, "Has the man come here yet?" So Yahweh said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage."

Contemporary English Version
The people prayed, "Our Lord , is Saul here?" "Yes," the Lord answered, "he is hiding behind the baggage."

Complete Jewish Bible
They asked Adonai , "Has the man come here?" Adonai answered, "There he is, hiding, in among the equipment."

Darby Translation
Therefore they inquired of Jehovah further, Will the man yet come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then they asked the Lord , "Has Saul come here yet?" The Lord said, "Saul is hiding behind the supplies."

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore Samuel inquired further of the LORD, saying, Where is this man? And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.

Good News Translation
they asked the Lord , "Is there still someone else?" The Lord answered, "Saul is over there, hiding behind the supplies."

Literal Translation
And they inquired again of Jehovah, Has the man yet come here? And Jehovah said, Behold he is hiding himself by the baggage.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then axed they further at the LORDE, whether he was for to come thither. The LORDE answered: Beholde, he hath hyd him selfe amonge ye vessels.

American Standard Version
Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore they asked the Lord further, if the man should yet come thyther? And the Lord aunswered: Behold he hath hyd him selfe among the stuffe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore they asked of the LORD further: 'Is there yet a man come hither?' And the LORD answered: 'Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.'

King James Version (1611)
Therefore they enquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither: and the Lord answered, Behold, hee hath hid himselfe among the stuffe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, Will the man come hither? and the Lord said, Behold, he is hid among the stuff.

English Revised Version
Therefore they asked of the LORD further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

Berean Standard Bible
So again they inquired of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD replied, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And aftir these thingis thei counseliden the Lord, whether Saul schulde come thidur. And the Lord answeride, Lo! he is hid at hoom.

Young's Literal Translation
And they ask again at Jehovah, `Hath the man yet come hither?' and Jehovah saith, `Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.'

Update Bible Version
Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? And Yahweh answered, Look, he has hid himself among the baggage.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man would yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

World English Bible
Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.

New King James Version
Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, "Has the man come here yet?" And the LORD answered, "There he is, hidden among the equipment."

New Living Translation
So they asked the Lord , "Where is he?" And the Lord replied, "He is hiding among the baggage."

New Life Bible
So they asked the Lord, "Has the man come here yet?" The Lord said, "See, he is hiding among the bags."

New Revised Standard
So they inquired again of the Lord , "Did the man come here?" and the Lord said, "See, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then asked they again of Yahweh, Hath there yet to come in hither a man? And Yahweh said, Lo! he, hath hid himself among the stores.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after this they consulted the Lord whether he would come thither. And the Lord answered: Behold he is hidden at home.

Revised Standard Version
So they inquired again of the LORD, "Did the man come hither?" and the LORD said, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

THE MESSAGE
Samuel went back to God : "Is he anywhere around?" God said, "Yes, he's right over there—hidden in that pile of baggage."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Therefore they inquired further of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" So the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage."

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah; ¹⁸ And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down: ¹⁹ But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands. ²⁰ So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. ²¹ Then he made the tribe of Benjamin come near by families, and the family of the Matrites was taken: and from them, Saul, the son of Kish, was taken: but when they went in search of him he was nowhere to be seen. ²² So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods. ²³ So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people. ²⁴ And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king! ²⁵ Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. ²⁶ And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inquired: 1 Samuel 23:2-4, 1 Samuel 23:11, 1 Samuel 23:12, Numbers 27:21, Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18, Judges 20:23, Judges 20:28

hid: 1 Samuel 9:21, 1 Samuel 15:17, Luke 14:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:22 - inquire Genesis 45:20 - stuff Numbers 11:26 - went not out Jeremiah 21:2 - Inquire

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters

Genesis 10:9
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

Genesis 10:17
And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,

Genesis 10:27
And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah

Numbers 23:7
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

2 Kings 15:19
In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom.

Job 1:17
And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

Isaiah 11:11
And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

Isaiah 21:2
A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore they inquired of the Lord further,.... Or again, by lot, by which they knew who the person was the was chosen king, but they did not know where he was, and therefore inquire further how they must come at him; and this inquiry was made either before the high priest by Urim and Thummim, or by Samuel the prophet of the Lord: and the inquiry was,

if the man should yet come thither; whether he was already come, or would come there, and if not, what methods they must take to find him:

and the Lord answered, behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff the word signifies household stuff, vessels, utensils, arms, c. which the people had brought along with them for their use, and were laid up in some one place and among these baggages Saul hid himself, hoping that if he was not found they would proceed to another choice, so free from ambition was he, and such was his modesty; nor does this seem to be affected and dissembled, but real; though afterwards, when he was settled in the kingdom, he did not care to part with it, and sought to kill David, whom he looked upon as his rival: there were many things which now concurred, that made him uneasy and unwilling to assume the government of the people; partly the envy and ill will of some of them, which he must expect; chiefly the sense he had of his own unfitness for such an office, being of a mean family, and having had so mean an education, and so little knowledge of the maxims of government; and besides, must at once, as soon as on the throne, enter into a war with the Ammonites; but what might most of all distress him, he perceived by Samuel's speech to the people, that the affair of a king was displeasing to the Lord, though he condescended to grant the people's request; and therefore what comfort and happiness could he expect in such a situation?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Among the stuff - Rather, “the baggage.” The assembly was like a camp, and the baggage (impedimenta) of the whole congregation was probably collected in one place, where the wagons were arranged for protection.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 10:22. The Lord answered — What a continual access to God! and what condescension in his attention to all their requests!

The stuff among which he had secreted himself may mean the carts, baggage, &c., brought by the people to Mizpeh.