1 Samuel 28:6
What does 1 Samuel 28:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 28:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when Saul went for directions to the Lord, the Lord gave him no answer, by a dream or by the Urim or by the prophets.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
Context
v.5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
v.6This passage
v.7Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 20:1
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifthmonth, the tenthdayof the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.
- James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,
- Exodus 28:20
and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.
- Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
- Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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