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1 Samuel 28:16

Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

KJV

Et ait Samuel : Quid interrogas me, cum Dominus recesserit a te, et transierit ad æmulum tuum ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Σαμουήλ Ἵνα τί ἐπερωτᾷς με, καὶ Κύριος ἀφέστηκεν ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ γέγονεν μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου;

LXX

And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וְ/לָ֖/מָּה תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑/נִי וַ/יהוָ֛ה סָ֥ר מֵ/עָלֶ֖י/ךָ וַ/יְהִ֥י עָרֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
pronoun · 2×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 6:27 — And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
  • Isa 8:19 — And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?