1 Samuel 28:16
What does 1 Samuel 28:16 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 28:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Samuel saith, `And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
Context
v.15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
v.16This passage
v.17And Jehovah hath done unto thee, as he spake by me: and Jehovah hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 68:1
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him.
- Revelation 18:24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
- 2 Kings 6:27
And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
- Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
- Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Judges 5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
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