Devine Scripture

1 Samuel 9:17

1 Samuel chapter 9 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Context

v.16To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.

v.17This passage

v.18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 16:6

    And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him.

  • Nehemiah 13:25

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

  • 2 Samuel 23:6

    But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;

  • 1 Samuel 3:13

    For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

  • Hosea 13:11

    I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

  • Nehemiah 13:19

    And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.