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1 Samuel 9:27

And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

KJV

Cumque descenderent in extrema parte civitatis, Samuel dixit ad Saul : Dic puero ut antecedat nos et transeat : tu autem subsiste paulisper, ut indicem tibi verbum Domini.

Vulgate

αὐτῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς μέρος τῆς πόλεως, καὶ Σαμουὴλ εἶπεν τῷ Σαούλ Εἰπὸν τῷ νεανίσκῳ καὶ διελθέτω ἔμπροσθεν ἡμῶν, καὶ σὺ στῆθι ὡς σήμερον καὶ ἄκουσον ῥῆμα θεοῦ.

LXX

As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still first, that I may cause thee to hear the word of God.

ASV

הֵ֗מָּה יֽוֹרְדִים֙ בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה הָ/עִ֔יר וּ/שְׁמוּאֵ֞ל אָמַ֣ר אֶל שָׁא֗וּל אֱמֹ֥ר לַ/נַּ֛עַר וְ/יַעֲבֹ֥ר לְ/פָנֵ֖י/נוּ וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֑ר וְ/אַתָּה֙ עֲמֹ֣ד כַּ/יּ֔וֹם וְ/אַשְׁמִיעֲ/ךָ֖ אֶת דְּבַ֥ר אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קְצֵ֣ה
qtsh
noun · 97×
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shmv'l
proper_noun · 140×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 10:16 — And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
  • 1Sam 20:38 — And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
  • 2Kgs 9:5 — And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
  • John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.