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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - En-Dor;   Familiar Spirits;   Miracles;   Necromancy;   Oath;   Samuel;   Saul;   Sorcery;   Witchcraft;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles through Evil Agents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Endor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samuel;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Descent into Hell (Hades);   Magic;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Magic;   Saul;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Divination;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Divination and Magic;   Medium;   Samuel, Books of;   Urim and Thummim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   En-Dor;   Eschatology;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Descent into Hades;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Magic;   Saul;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Happen;   Intercession;   Samuel, Books of;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Endor, the Witch of;   Samuel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Saul swore to her by the Lord: “As surely as the Lord lives, no punishment will come to you from this.”
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
King James Version
And Saul sware to her by the Lord , saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Lexham English Bible
Then Saul swore to her by Yahweh, "As Yahweh lives, you will not be punished for this thing."
English Standard Version
But Saul swore to her by the Lord , "As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
New Century Version
Saul made a promise to the woman in the name of the Lord . He said, "As surely as the Lord lives, you won't be punished for this."
New English Translation
But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord , "As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!"
Amplified Bible
Then Saul swore [an oath] to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this."
New American Standard Bible
So Saul swore an oath to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Saul sware to her by the Lorde, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, "As Yahweh lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
Contemporary English Version
Saul replied, "I swear by the living Lord that nothing will happen to you because of this."
Complete Jewish Bible
But Sha'ul swore to her by Adonai , "As Adonai lives, you will not be punished for doing this."
Darby Translation
And Saul swore unto her by Jehovah, saying, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul used the Lord 's name to make a promise to the woman. He said, "As surely as the Lord lives, you won't be punished for doing this."
George Lamsa Translation
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no harm come upon you for this thing.
Good News Translation
Then Saul made a sacred vow. "By the living Lord I promise that you will not be punished for doing this," he told her.
Literal Translation
And Saul swore to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah lives, no evil shall happen to you because of this thing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Saul sware vnto her by ye LORDE, and sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shall no harme happen vnto the for this.
American Standard Version
And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Bible in Basic English
And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying: As the Lorde lyueth, there shall no harme come to thee for this thyng.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'
King James Version (1611)
And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liueth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
English Revised Version
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: "As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Saul swoor to hir in the Lord, and seide, The Lord lyueth; for no thing of yuel schal come to thee for this thing.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul sweareth to her by Jehovah, saying, `Jehovah liveth, punishment doth not meet thee for this thing.'
Update Bible Version
And Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, no punishment shall happen to you for this thing.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
World English Bible
Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
New King James Version
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
New Living Translation
But Saul took an oath in the name of the Lord and promised, "As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this."
New Life Bible
But Saul promised her by the Lord, saying, "As the Lord lives, you will not be punished for this."
New Revised Standard
But Saul swore to her by the Lord , "As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Saul sware unto her by Yahweh, saying, - By the life of Yahweh, there shall no punishment befall thee for this thing.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.
Revised Standard Version
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
THE MESSAGE
Saul swore solemnly, "As God lives, you won't get in any trouble for this."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul vowed to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."

Contextual Overview

7 Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire of her: and his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee. 9 And the woman said to him, Behold now, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it? 10 And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account. 11 And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel. 12 And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. 13 And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me whom thou has seen. And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said to her, What didst thou perceive? and she said to him, An upright man ascending out of the earth, and he was clothed with a mantle. And Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sware: 1 Samuel 14:39, 1 Samuel 19:6, Genesis 3:5, Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, 2 Samuel 14:11, Matthew 26:72, Mark 6:23

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 29:6 - the Lord 2 Samuel 13:28 - fear not 2 Samuel 19:23 - sware Matthew 14:9 - the oath's

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.
Genesis 32:10
Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
Hosea 12:12
And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul sware to her by the Lord,.... By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum: it is much that Saul, being about such a work of darkness and wickedness, could take the name of the Lord into his mouth, and swear by him in such a solemn manner; which must surely put him in mind of his omniscience, from whom this wicked action could not be hid:

saying, [as] the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing; the tenor of the oath was, and so the woman understood it, that he would never make any discovery of what she did, and so she would be sat from punishment; though as he was the supreme governor, and a very arbitrary prince, had it been discovered, he could have screened her from justice, though contrary to the law of God; however, he could not secure her from eternal punishment.


 
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