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New American Standard Bible (1995)

1 Samuel 10:15

Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Prophet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Samuel, Books of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - King;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Shemu'el said to you.
King James Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul's uncle said to him, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
English Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
New Century Version
Saul's uncle asked, "Please tell me. What did Samuel say to you?"
New English Translation
Saul's uncle said, "Tell me what Samuel said to you."
Amplified Bible
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
New American Standard Bible
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Sauls vncle saide, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."
Contemporary English Version
"And what did he tell you?" Saul's uncle asked.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Tell me, please," said Sha'ul's uncle, "what Sh'mu'el said to you."
Darby Translation
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
George Lamsa Translation
And Sauls uncle said to him, Tell me what Samuel said to you.
Good News Translation
"And what did he tell you?" Saul's uncle asked.
Literal Translation
And the uncle of Saul said, Please tell me what Samuel said to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde Sauls vncle: Tell me, what sayde Samuel vnto you?
American Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Sauls vncle sayde: Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel sayd vnto you?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul's uncle said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.'
King James Version (1611)
And Sauls vncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?
English Revised Version
And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
Berean Standard Bible
"Tell me," Saul's uncle asked, "what did Samuel say to you?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the brother of his fadir seide to hym, Schewe thou to me what Samuel seide to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?'
Update Bible Version
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, What Samuel said to you.
World English Bible
Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
New King James Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you."
New Living Translation
"Oh? And what did he say?" his uncle asked.
New Life Bible
The brother of Saul's father said, "Tell me, what did Samuel say to you?"
New Revised Standard
Saul's uncle said, "Tell me what Samuel said to you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul's uncle said, - Do tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said to you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his uncle said to him: Tell me what Samuel said to thee.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul's uncle said, "Pray, tell me what Samuel said to you."
THE MESSAGE
"So," said Saul's uncle, "what did Samuel tell you?"

Contextual Overview

9 Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day. 10 When they came to the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them. 11 It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" 12 A man there said, "Now, who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "Is Saul also among the prophets?" 13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 Now Saul's uncle said to him and his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel." 15 Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."16 So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told

Cross-References

Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:8
Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
Genesis 10:18
and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.
Genesis 10:20
These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
Genesis 10:21
Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.
Genesis 10:24
Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
Genesis 23:3
Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 49:13
"Zebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul's uncle said, c. l On hearing he had been with Samuel, and perceiving so great an alteration in Saul, perhaps he began to suspect something about the kingdom it being what everyone was talking of, and expecting every day to hear from Samuel who should be king, according to the Lord's appointment:

tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you; the earnestness with which he put this question seems to confirm the above conjecture.


 
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