1 Samuele 28:20

La Bibbia di Giovanni Diodati

Allora Saulle cadde subitamente di tutta la sua lunghezza a terra, ed ebbe gran paura per le parole di Samuele; ed oltre a ciò, non vi era in lui alcuna forza; perciocchè non avea mangiato alcun cibo in tutto quel giorno, nè in tutta quella notte.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Allora Saul cadde subito lungo disteso per terra, perch grandemente spaventato dalle parole di Samuele; egli era gi senza forze. perch non aveva preso cibo tutto quel giorno e tutta quella notte.

Riveduta Bibbia
Allora Saul cadde subitamente lungo disteso per terra, perché spaventato dalle parole di Samuele; ed era inoltre senza forza, giacché non avea preso cibo tutto quel giorno e tutta quella notte.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fell straightway: Heb. made haste and fell with the fullness of his stature

sore afraid: 1 Samuel 28:5, 1 Samuel 25:37, Job 15:20-24, Job 26:2, Psalms 50:21, Psalms 50:22

Reciprocal: Esther 6:13 - If Mordecai Psalms 73:19 - they are Isaiah 23:10 - no more Hebrews 10:27 - a certain

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth,.... Fell at his full length at once, as if he had been thunderstruck, or pierced through with a dart or sword:

and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel; as he supposed they were, whose words never failed:

and there was no strength in him: to rise up again, he was quite dispirited and strengthless:

for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night; which contributed the more to his weakness; not only his fears, but not eating any food, occasioned his weakness, and that through want of an appetite, by reason of the great concern of his mind in his present troubles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 28:20. Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth. — Literally, he fell with his own length, or with the fullness of his stature. He was so overwhelmed with this most dreadful message, that he swooned away, and thus fell at his own length upon the ground. The woman, being terrified, had probably withdrawn to some distance at the first appearance of the prophet; and Saul was left alone with Samuel. After some short time, the woman came again unto Saul, found him sore troubled, and offered him those succours which humanity dictated.