1 Samuel 7:5

Brenton's Septuagint

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”

Hebrew Names Version
Shemu'el said, Gather all Yisra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

King James Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord .

Lexham English Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you."

English Standard Version
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

New Century Version
Samuel said, "All Israel must meet at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

New English Translation
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf."

Amplified Bible
Samuel said, "Gather all Israel together at Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."

New American Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you."

Contemporary English Version
Then Samuel said, "Tell everyone in Israel to meet together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

Complete Jewish Bible
Sh'mu'el said, "Gather all Isra'el to Mitzpah, and I will pray for you to Adonai ."

Darby Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray Jehovah for you.

Easy-to-Read Version
Samuel said, "All Israel must meet at Mizpah. I will pray to the Lord for you."

George Lamsa Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel at Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

Good News Translation
Then Samuel called for all the Israelites to meet at Mizpah, telling them, "I will pray to the Lord for you there."

Literal Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Jehovah for you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samuel saide: Gather all Israel together vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Samuel sayde: Gather all Israel to Mispah, and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samuel said: 'Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.'

King James Version (1611)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you vnto the Lord.

English Revised Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Samuel seide, Gadere ye al Israel in to Masphat, that Y preie the Lord for you.

Young's Literal Translation
and Samuel saith, `Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I pray for you unto Jehovah.'

Update Bible Version
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

World English Bible
Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to Yahweh.

New King James Version
And Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."

New Living Translation
Then Samuel told them, "Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

New Life Bible
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

New Revised Standard
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel unto Mizpah, - that I may pray for you, unto Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said: Gather all Israel to Masphath, that I may pray to the Lord for you.

Revised Standard Version
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you."

THE MESSAGE
Next Samuel said, "Get everybody together at Mizpah and I'll pray for you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you."

Contextual Overview

³ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines. ⁴ And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only. ⁵ And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord. ⁶ And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gather: Nehemiah 9:1, Joel 2:16

Mizpeh: 1 Samuel 7:12, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 10:17, Joshua 15:38, Judges 20:1, 2 Kings 25:23

I will pray: 1 Samuel 12:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:7 - pray Genesis 31:49 - Mizpah Joshua 11:3 - land 1 Samuel 12:19 - Pray for thy 1 Kings 15:22 - Mizpah Jeremiah 40:6 - Mizpah Luke 1:17 - to make

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.

Exodus 40:16
And Moses did all things whatsoever the Lord commanded him, so did he.

Psalms 119:6
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samuel said, gather all Israel to Mizpeh,.... Not Mizpeh in Gilead, on the other side Jordan, but a city which lay on the borders of Judah and Benjamin, where the tribes met on the account of the Levite's concubine, Judges 20:1. This order Samuel gave by messengers sent to the several tribes, or the heads of them, to meet him at this place:

and I will pray for you unto the Lord; no doubt he prayed for them privately, that the reformation begun might be carried on, and appear to be sincere, and hearty, and general, and universal; but he was desirous that they might appear in a body, and join with him in public prayer for their spiritual and temporal welfare; that they might have true repentance for their sins, reform from them, and have remission of them, and be delivered out of the hands of their enemies.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal references. Twenty years of Samuel’s life had passed away since the last mention of him 1 Samuel 4:1. Now he appears in the threefold character of prophet, Judge, and the acknowledged leader of the whole people. His words were an answer to a profession of repentance on the part of Israel, the practical proof of which would be the putting away all their false gods. (Compare Judges 6:10 note.)

Will pray for you ... - So Moses prayed for the people at Rephidim Exodus 17:11-12; and for Miriam Numbers 12:13; so Elijah prayed at Carmel 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Kings 18:42; so Ezra prayed at the evening sacrifice Ezra 9:5; so the High Priest prayed for the house of Israel on the Day of Atonement; and so does our Lord Jesus Christ ever live at God’s right hand to make intercession for us.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 7:5. Gather all Israel to Mizpeh — This appears to have been an armed assembly, though probably collected principally for religious and political purposes; but Samuel knew that an unarmed multitude could not safely be convened in the vicinity of the Philistines.