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1 Samuel 9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

KJV

Cumque ascenderent clivum civitatis, invenerunt puellas egredientes ad hauriendam aquam, et dixerunt eis : Num hic est videns ?

Vulgate

αὐτῶν ἀναβαινόντων τὴν ἀνάβασιν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ αὐτοὶ εὑρίσκουσιν τὰ κοράσια ἐξεληλυθότα ὑδρεύεσθαι ὕδωρ, καὶ λέγουσιν αὐταῖς Εἰ ἔστιν ἐνταῦθα ὁ βλέπων;

LXX

As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

ASV

הֵ֗מָּה עֹלִים֙ בְּ/מַעֲלֵ֣ה הָ/עִ֔יר וְ/הֵ֨מָּה֙ מָצְא֣וּ נְעָר֔וֹת יֹצְא֖וֹת לִ/שְׁאֹ֣ב מָ֑יִם וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ/הֶ֔ן הֲ/יֵ֥שׁ בָּ/זֶ֖ה הָ/רֹאֶֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ
ysh'bv
verb · 19×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַעֲלֵ֣ה
m'lh
noun · 18×
נער
n'r
noun · 75×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רֹאֶֽה
r'h
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Exod 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  • Gen 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
  • Gen 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.