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Brenton's Septuagint

1 Samuel 9:10

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.

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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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.
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 And the asses of Kis the father of Saul were lost; and Kis said to Saul his son, Take with thee one of the young men, and arise ye, and go seek the asses. 4 And they went through mount Ephraim, and they went through the land of Selcha, and found them not: and they passed through the land of Segalim, and they were not there: and they passed through the land of Jamin, and found them not. 5 And when they came to Siph, then Saul said to his young man that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the asses, and take care for us. 6 And the young man said to him, Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is of high repute; all that he shall speak will surely come to pass: now then let us go, that he may tell us our way on which we have set out. 7 And Saul said to his young man that was with him, Lo, then, we will go; but what shall we bring the man of God? for the loaves are spent out of our vessels, and we have nothing more with us that belongs to us to bring to the man of God. 8 And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, there is found in my hand a fourth part of a shekel of silver; and thou shalt give it to the man of God, and he shall tell us our way. 9 Now before time in Israel every one in going to enquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer. 10 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.

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 remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Genesis 9:5
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.
Genesis 9:6
He that sheds man’s blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
Genesis 9:16
And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between every living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
Psalms 145:9
The Lord is good to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works.
Jonah 4:11
and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also 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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