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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Samuel 9:10

"Well said," Sha'ul answered his servant. "Come on, let's go." So 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.
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.
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 Once the donkeys belonging to Kish Sha'ul's father got lost. Kish said to his son Sha'ul, "Please take one of the servants with you, go out, and look for the donkeys." 4 He went through the hills of Efrayim and the territory of Shalishah, but they didn't find them. Then they went through the territory of Sha‘alim, but they weren't there. They went through the territory of Binyamin but didn't find them there either. 5 On reaching the territory of Tzuf, Sha'ul said to his servant with him, "Come, let's go back; otherwise my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us." 6 His servant replied, "Here now, there's a man of God in this city, a man who is highly respected, and everything he says proves true. Let's go to him; maybe he can tell us something about where we should go." 7 "But look," Sha'ul said to his servant, "if we go to the man, what can we bring him? We've used up all the bread in our packs, and there's nothing for us to give the man of God — what do we have left?" 8 The servant replied again to Sha'ul: "See, I have here in my hand a silver quarter-shekel [one-tenth of an ounce]. I will give it to the man of God to tell us which way to go." 9 (In Isra'el, back in the old days, when someone went to consult God, he would say, "Come, let's go to the seer"; because a person now called a prophet used to be called a seer.) 10 "Well said," Sha'ul answered his servant. "Come on, let's go." So 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
God remembered Noach, every living thing and all the livestock with him in the ark; so God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to go down.
Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noach and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:5
I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds human blood, by a human being will his own blood be shed; for God made human beings in his image.
Genesis 9:15
I will remember my covenant which is between myself and you and every living creature of any kind; and the water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings.
Genesis 9:16
The rainbow will be in the cloud; so that when I look at it, I will remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of any kind on the earth."
Psalms 145:9
Adonai is good to all; his compassion rests on all his creatures.
Jonah 4:11
So shouldn't I be concerned about the great city of Ninveh, in which there are more than 120,000 people who don't know their right hand from their left — not to mention all the animals?"

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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