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Revised Standard Version

1 Samuel 10:9

When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass that day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Heart;   Regeneration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Conversion;   Saul, King of Israel;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Samuel;   Saul, king of israel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Prophet;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Minstrel;   Poetry;   Samuel, the Books of;   Tongues, Gift of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecstasy;   Gift, Giving;   Heart;   Saul;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holy Spirit;   Israel;   Samuel, Books of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Saul;   Tongues, Gift of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Saul turned around to leave Samuel, God changed his heart, and all the signs came about that day.
Hebrew Names Version
It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Shemu'el, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.
King James Version
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
Lexham English Bible
Just as he turned his shoulder to depart from Samuel, God changed his heart. And all these signs were fulfilled on that day.
English Standard Version
When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.
New Century Version
When Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart. All these signs came true that day.
New English Translation
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. All these signs happened on that very day.
Amplified Bible
Then it happened when Saul turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
New American Standard Bible
Then it happened, when he turned his back to leave Samuel, that God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he had turned his backe to goe from Samuel, God gaue him another heart: and all those tokens came to passe that same day.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.
Contemporary English Version
As Saul turned around to leave Samuel, God made Saul feel like a different person. That same day, everything happened just as Samuel had said.
Complete Jewish Bible
As it happened, as soon as he had turned his back to leave Sh'mu'el, God gave him another heart; and all those signs took place that day.
Darby Translation
And it was [so] that when he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
Easy-to-Read Version
Just as Saul turned to leave Samuel, God turned Saul's life around. All these things happened that day.
George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
Good News Translation
When Saul turned to leave Samuel, God gave Saul a new nature. And everything Samuel had told him happened that day.
Literal Translation
And it happened when he turned his back to go from Samuel, God changed him with another heart. And all these signs came on that day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he turned his shulder to go from Samuel, God chaunged him another hert, and all these tokes came the same daye.
American Standard Version
And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
Bible in Basic English
And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he had turned his backe to go fro Samuel, God gaue him another hearte, and all those tokens came to passe that same day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
King James Version (1611)
And it was so that when he had turned his backe to go from Samuel, God gaue him another heart: and all those signes came to passe that day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.
English Revised Version
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
Berean Standard Bible
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor whanne Saul hadde turnede awei his schuldre to go fro Samuel, God chaungide another herte to Saul, and alle these signes camen in that dai.
Young's Literal Translation
And it hath been, at his turning his shoulder to go from Samuel, that God turneth to him another heart, and all these signs come on that day,
Update Bible Version
And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it was [so], that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
World English Bible
It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs happened that day.
New King James Version
So it was, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, that God gave him another heart; and all those signs came to pass that day.
New Living Translation
As Saul turned and started to leave, God gave him a new heart, and all Samuel's signs were fulfilled that day.
New Life Bible
When Saul turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart. And all these special things happened on that day.
New Revised Standard
As he turned away to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs were fulfilled that day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so it was, that, when he turned away to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart, - and all these signs came to pass that day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave unto him another heart, and all these things came to pass that day.
THE MESSAGE
Saul turned and left Samuel. At that very moment God transformed him—made him a new person! And all the confirming signs took place the same day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day.

Contextual Overview

9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass that day. 10 When they came to Gib'e-ah, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And when all who knew him before saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" 12 And a man of the place answered, "And 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 Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To seek the asses; and when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel." 15 And Saul's uncle said, "Pray, tell me what Samuel said to you." 16 And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the asses had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

back: Heb. shoulder

gave: Heb. turned

another heart: 1 Samuel 10:6

and all those signs: The following history of Saul is given by the Afghans, a people generally supposed to be of Jewish origin: "In a war which raged between the children of Israel and the Amalekites, the latter being victorious, plundered the Jews, and obtained possession of the ark of the covenant. Considering this - as the God of the Jews, they threw it into the fire, which did not affect it. They afterwards attempted to cleave it with axes, but without success: every individual who treated it with indignity, was punished for his temerity. They then placed it in their temple; but all their idols bowed to it. At length they fastened it upon a cow, which they turned loose in the wilderness. When the prophet Samuel arose, the children of Israel said to him, We have been totally subdued by the Amalekites, and have no king. Raise to us a king, that we may be enabled to contend for the glory of God.' Samuel said, In case you are led out to battle, are you determined to fight?' They answered, What has befallen us, that we should not fight against infidels? That nation has banished us from our country and children.' At this time the angel Gabriel descended, and delivering a wand, said, It is the command of God, that the person whose stature shall correspond with this wand, shall be king of Israel.' Melec Talut was at that time a man of inferior condition, and performed the humble employment of feeding the goats and cows of others. One day, a cow under his charge was accidentally lost. Being disappointed in his searches, he was greatly distressed, and applied to Samuel saying, I have lost a cow, and I do not possess the means of satisfying the owner. Pray for me that I may be extricated from this difficulty.' Samuel perceiving that he was a man of lofty stature, asked his name. He answered, Talut. Samuel then said, Measure Talut with the wand which the angel Gabriel brought.' His stature was equal to it. Samuel then said, God has raised Talut to be your king.' The children of Israel answered, We are greater than our king. We are men of dignity, and he is of inferior condition. How shall he be our king?' Samuel informed them, they should know that God had constituted Talut king, by his restoring the ark of the covenant. He accordingly restored it, and they acknowledged him their sovereign." Asiatic Researches, vol. ii. p. 119, et seq. 1 Samuel 10:2-5, Judges 6:21, Judges 6:36-40, Judges 7:11, Isaiah 38:7, Isaiah 38:8, Mark 14:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 27:20 - put some 1 Samuel 16:13 - the Spirit

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.
Genesis 25:27
When the boys grew up, Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 27:30
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
2 Chronicles 28:22
In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the LORD--this same King Ahaz.
Psalms 52:7
"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!"
Jeremiah 16:16
"Behold, I am sending for many fishers, says the LORD, and they shall catch them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Ezekiel 13:18
and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people, and keep other souls alive for your profit?
Micah 7:2
The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel,.... When he had taken his leave of him, and set forward on his journey:

God gave him another heart; not in a moral or spiritual sense, not a new heart, and a new spirit, as in conversion, but in a civil sense, a right heart, a heart fit for government; filled with wisdom and prudence to rule a people; with courage and magnanimity to protect and defend them against their enemies, and fight for them; a heart not taken up with the affairs of husbandry, with care for his father's asses, and looking after his herds, but filled with concern for the civil welfare of Israel, and with schemes and contrivances for their good, and with warm resolutions to deliver them out of the hands of their enemies:

and all these signs came to pass that day; the two first, which are not particularly mentioned as fulfilled, being more private, as finding two men at Rachel's sepulchre, and meeting with three others going to Bethel, which came to pass just as they were described; and the third, which was more public, and gave Saul more reverence and respect among the people, is next particularly observed.


 
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