1 Samuel 9:21
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
KJV
Respondens autem Saul, ait : Numquid non filius Jemini ego sum de minima tribu Israël, et cognatio mea novissima inter omnes familias de tribu Benjamin ? quare ergo locutus es mihi sermonem istum ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Σαοὺλ καὶ εἶπεν Οὐχὶ ἀνδρὸς υἱὸς Ἰεμειναίου ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ μικροῦ σκήπτρου φυλῆς Ἰσραήλ; καὶ τῆς φυλῆς τῆς ἐλαχίστης ἐξ ὅλου σκήπτρου Βενιαμείν; καὶ ἵνα τί ἐλάλησας πρὸς ἐμὲ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο;
LXX
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?
ASV
וַ/יַּ֨עַן שָׁא֜וּל וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר הֲ/ל֨וֹא בֶן יְמִינִ֤י אָ֨נֹכִי֙ מִ/קַּטַנֵּי֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּ/מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ/י֙ הַ/צְּעִרָ֔ה מִ/כָּֽל מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת שִׁבְטֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וְ/לָ֨/מָּה֙ דִּבַּ֣רְתָּ אֵלַ֔/י כַּ/דָּבָ֖ר הַ/זֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 17:16 — And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
- 1Sam 14:51 — And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
- 1Sam 15:17 — And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
- 1Sam 15:17 — And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
- 1Sam 18:18 — And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
- 2Sam 7:18 — Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
- Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
- Judg 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
- Judg 20:46 — So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
- Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Ps 68:27 — There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
- Ps 68:27 — There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.