1 Samuel 9:5

Louis Segond

Ils étaient arrivés dans le pays de Tsuph, lorsque Saül dit à son serviteur qui l'accompagnait: Viens, retournons, de peur que mon père, oubliant les ânesses, ne soit en peine de nous.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Quand ils furent venus au pays de Tsuph, Saül dit à son serviteur, qui était avec lui: Viens, et retournons-nous-en, de peur que mon père ne cesse de s'inquiéter des ânesses, et ne soit en peine de nous.

Darby's French Translation
Quand ils furent venus dans le pays de Tsuph, Saül dit à son serviteur qui était avec lui: Viens, et retournons-nous-en, de peur que mon père n'ait cessé de penser aux ânesses, et qu'il ne soit en peine de nous.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Quand ils furent venus au pays de Tsuph, Saül dit à son serviteur qui était avec lui : Viens, et retournons-nous-en, de peur que mon père n'ait cessé [d'être en peine] des ânesses, et qu'il ne soit en peine de nous.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zuph: 1 Samuel 1:1

take thought: 1 Samuel 10:2, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:28, Matthew 6:34, Luke 12:11, Luke 12:22

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:12 - for David

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they were come to the land of Zuph,.... In which was Ramathaimzophim, the native place of Samuel, 1 Samuel 1:1 and so the Targum here,

"the land in which was the prophet''

Saul said to the servant that was with him, come, and let us return; home, despairing of finding the asses after so long a search in divers places:

lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us; fearing some evil should have befallen his son and his servant, in comparison of whom, and especially his son, the asses would be of no account, and so give himself no concern for them, but be in great care and uneasiness for his son and servant; wherefore Saul thought it most advisable to return home as soon as possible, lest his father should be overwhelmed with grief and trouble.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:5. Were come to the land of Zuph — Calmet supposes that Saul and his servant went from Gibeah to Shalisha, in the tribe of Dan; from thence to Shalim, near to Jerusalem; and thence, traversing the tribe of Benjamin, they purposed to return to Gibeah; but passing through the land of Zuph, in which Ramatha, the country of Samuel, was situated, they determined to call on this prophet to gain some directions from him; the whole of this circuit he supposes to have amounted to no more than about twenty-five leagues, or three days' journey. We do not know where the places were situated which are here mentioned: the Targum translates thus: "And he passed through the mount of the house of Ephraim, and went into the southern land, but did not meet with them. And he passed through the land of Mathbera, but they were not there; and he passed through the land of the tribe of Benjamin, but did not find them; then they came into the land where the prophet of the Lord dwelt. And Saul said to his servant," &c.