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1 Samuel 9:10

Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Samuel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ramah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Samuel, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kish;   Samuel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samuel;   Samuel, Books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Israel, History of the People;   Slave;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Good,” Saul replied to his servant. “Come on, let’s go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Hebrew Names Version
Then said Sha'ul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
King James Version
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul said to his servant, "Your suggestion is a good one. Come, let us go." And they went to the town where the man of God was.
English Standard Version
And Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
New Century Version
Saul said to his servant, "That's a good idea. Come, let's go." So they went toward the town where the man of God was.
New English Translation
So Saul said to his servant, "That's a good idea! Come on. Let's go." So they went to the town where the man of God was.
Amplified Bible
Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was living.
New American Standard Bible
Then Saul said to his servant, "Good idea; come, let's go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then saide Saul to his seruant, Well saide, come, let vs goe: so they went into the citie where the man of God was.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul said to his young man, "Your word is good; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Well said," Sha'ul answered his servant. "Come on, let's go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Darby Translation
And Saul said to his servant, Well said: come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Saul said to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Literal Translation
And Saul said to his young man, Your word is good; come and we shall go. And they went into the city where the man of God was .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Saul sayde vnto his childe: Thou hast well spoken, come let vs go. And whan they wente vnto the cite where the man of God was,
American Standard Version
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde Saul to his lad, wel sayd of thee: Come, let vs go. And so they wet vnto the citie where the man of God was.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Saul to his servant: 'Well said; come, let us go.' So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
King James Version (1611)
Then said Saul to his seruant, Wel said, come, let vs go: so they went vnto the city where the man of God was.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul said to his servant, Well said, come and let us go: and they went to the city where the man of God was.
English Revised Version
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
Berean Standard Bible
"Good," said Saul to his servant. "Come, let us go." So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Saul seide to his child, `Thi word is the beste; come thou, go we. And thei yeden in to the citee, `in which the man of God was.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word [is] good; come, we go;' and they go unto the city where the man of God [is].
Update Bible Version
Then said Saul to his attendant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go: so they went to the city where the man of God [was].
World English Bible
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
New King James Version
Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
New Living Translation
"All right," Saul agreed, "let's try it!" So they started into the town where the man of God lived.
New Life Bible
Saul said to his servant, "What you said is good. Come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
New Revised Standard
Saul said to the boy, "Good; come, let us go." So they went to the town where the man of God was.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul said unto his young man, Good, is thy word, come! let us go! So they went unto the city, where the man of God was.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is very good, come let us go. And they went into the city, where the man of God was.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.
THE MESSAGE
"Good," said Saul, "let's go." And they set off for the town where the holy man lived.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.

Contextual Overview

3 Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses. 4 So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come across them. 5 And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us. 6 But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey. 7 Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do? 8 But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way. 9 (In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.) 10 Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Well said: Heb. Thy word is good, 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 5:14

Cross-References

Genesis 8:1
And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.
Genesis 9:1
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Genesis 9:5
And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Genesis 9:15
And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
Genesis 9:16
And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.
Psalms 145:9
The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.
Jonah 4:11
And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Saul to his servant, well said,.... Or "good is thy word" d, thou hast well spoken; it is a good proposal thou hast made, and thou art very generous to give all thou hast to the man; and very promising it is, that since he is a seer he may inform us where the asses are, or which way we must take to find them. Things look feasible enough:

come, let us go: to the city, and to the man of God there, and hear what he will say to us, and what information he will give us:

so they went unto the city where the man of God [was]; to Ramah, where Samuel dwelt.

d טוב דברך "bonum verbum tuum", Pagninus, Montanus.


 
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