1 Samuel 7:5

Contemporary English Version

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

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."

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to 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 One day, Samuel told all the people of Israel, "If you really want to turn back to the Lord , then prove it. Get rid of your foreign idols, including the ones of the goddess Astarte. Turn to the Lord with all your heart and worship only him. Then he will rescue you from the Philistines." ⁴ The people got rid of their idols of Baal and Astarte and began worshiping only the Lord . ⁵ Then Samuel said, "Tell everyone in Israel to meet together at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you." ⁶ The Israelites met together at Mizpah with Samuel as their leader. They drew water from the well and poured it out as an offering to the Lord . On that same day they went without eating to show their sorrow, and they confessed they had been unfaithful to the Lord .

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
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.

Exodus 39:32
So the people of Israel finished making everything the Lord had told Moses to make.

Exodus 40:16
Moses followed the Lord 's instructions.

Psalms 119:6
Thinking about your commands will keep me from doing some foolish thing.

Matthew 3:15
Jesus answered, "For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do." Then John agreed.

Luke 8:21
Jesus answered, "My mother and my brothers are those people who hear and obey God's message."

John 2:5
Mary then said to the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you to do."

John 13:17
You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them.

Philippians 2:8
Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross.

Hebrews 5:8
Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God.

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.