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Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 10:15

And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to 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.
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?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you."

Contextual Overview

9 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, 10 and they come in thither to the height, and lo, a band of prophets -- to meet him, and prosper over him doth the Spirit of God, and he prophesieth in their midst. 11 And it cometh to pass, all his acquaintance heretofore, see, and lo, with prophets he hath prophesied, and the people say one unto another, `What [is] this hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?' 12 And a man thence answereth and saith, `And who [is] their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, `Is Saul also among the prophets?' 13 And he ceaseth from prophesying, and cometh in to the high place, 14 and the uncle of Saul saith unto him, and unto his young man, `Whither went ye?' and he saith, `To seek the asses; and we see that they are not, and we come in unto Samuel.' 15 And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?' 16 And Saul saith unto his uncle, `He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;' and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 38:27 - and he told

Cross-References

Genesis 10:2
`Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 10:3
And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:8
And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
Genesis 10:18
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.
Genesis 10:20
These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Genesis 10:21
As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
Genesis 10:24
And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.
Genesis 23:3
And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 49:13
Zebulun at a haven of the seas doth dwell, And he [is] for a haven of ships; And his side [is] unto Zidon.

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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