1 Samuel 28:10
What does 1 Samuel 28:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 28:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul sweareth to her by Jehovah, saying, `Jehovah liveth, punishment doth not meet thee for this thing.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul swore unto her by Jehovah, saying, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
Context
v.9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
v.10This passage
v.11Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 6:23
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
- Genesis 3:5
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
- 1 Samuel 14:39
For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
- Matthew 26:72
And again he denied with an oath, I know not the man.
- 2 Samuel 14:11
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
- 1 Samuel 19:6
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.
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