Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

New American Standard Bible

When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

King James Version

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Holman Bible

He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.

International Standard Version

Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him, either through dreams or Urim or through prophets.

A Conservative Version

And when Saul inquired of LORD, LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Amplified

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim [used like lots by the priest to determine the will of God] or by prophets.

Bible in Basic English

And when Saul went for directions to the Lord, the Lord gave him no answer, by a dream or by the Urim or by the prophets.

Darby Translation

And Saul inquired of Jehovah; but Jehovah did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

Julia Smith Translation

And Saul will ask through Jehovah, and Jehovah answered him not, also in dreams, also in Lights, also in the prophets.

King James 2000

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Saul inquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, not by dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.

Modern King James verseion

And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Saul asked counsel of the LORD, but the LORD answered him not: neither by dream, nor by the light, nor yet by prophets.

NET Bible

So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him -- not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.

New Heart English Bible

When Saul inquired of the LORD, The LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

The Emphasized Bible

Then Saul enquired of Yahweh, but Yahweh answered him not, - neither by Dreams, nor by the Lights, nor by prophets.

Webster

And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

World English Bible

When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Youngs Literal Translation

and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And when Saul
שׁאוּל 
Sha'uwl 
Usage: 406

שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

of the Lord

Usage: 0

the Lord

Usage: 0

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

him not, neither by dreams
חלם חלום 
Chalowm 
Usage: 65

nor by Urim
אוּרים 
'Uwriym 
Usage: 6

Context Readings

Saul And The Medium

5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. 6 And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.



Cross References

Numbers 12:6

And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.

Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

1 Samuel 14:37

And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.

Exodus 28:30

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Genesis 28:12-15

And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 46:2-4

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Exodus 28:20

and the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby ,

Job 33:14-16

For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

Psalm 74:9

We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Proverbs 1:1-33

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

Proverbs 27:1-28

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 20:1-3

And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month , the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah, and sat before me.

Matthew 1:20

But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

John 9:31

We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.

James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

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