Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Saul will ask through Jehovah, and Jehovah answered him not, also in dreams, also in Lights, also in the prophets.
New American Standard Bible
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.
American Standard Version
And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah 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.
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.
Themes
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Familiar spirits » Instances of those who consulted » saul
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Disobedience
Prophets » Frequently left without divine communications on account of sins of the people
Revelation » Methods of » By urim and thummim
samuel » Called up by the witch of endor
Sin » Penalty for » Abandonment by God
Sins » Penalty » Abandonment by God
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Urim and thummim » Sometimes no answer by, in consequence of the sin of those consulting
Urim and thummim » Withheld the answer from king saul
Topics
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 28:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul And The Medium
5 And Saul will see the camp of the rovers, and he will fearr and his heart will tremble greatly. 6 And Saul will ask through Jehovah, and Jehovah answered him not, also in dreams, also in Lights, also in the prophets. 7 And Saul will say to his servants, Seek out for me a woman, mistress of necromancy, and I will go to her and inquire of her. And his servants will say to him, Behold, a woman mistress of necromancy in the Fountain of Dor.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 12:6
And he will say, Hear ye now, my word: If there shall be your prophet of Jehovah, in a vision I will be known to him; in a dream I will speak to him.
Numbers 27:21
And before Eleazar the priest, he shall stand, and he asked for him in the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah: at his mouth they shall go out, and at his mouth they shall come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the assembly.
1 Samuel 14:37
And Saul will ask in God, Shall I go down after the rovers? wilt thou give them into the hand of Israel? And he will not answer him in that day.
Lamentations 2:9
Her gates sank into the earth; he destroyed and broke her bars: her king and her chiefs among the nations: no law: also her prophets found not a vision from Jehovah.
Exodus 28:30
And give to the breast-plate of judgment, the lights and the truth; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart in his going before Jehovah: and Aaron lifting up the judgment of the sons of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And to Levi he said, Thy Truth and thy Light to the godly man whom they tried in the trial; thou wilt contend with him at the water of contention.
Genesis 28:12-15
And he will dream, and behold a ladder placed in the earth, and the head of it reaching to the heavens: and behold the messengers of God ascending and descending upon it.
Genesis 46:2-4
And God will speak to Israel in a vision of the night, and he will say, Jacob! Jacob! and he will say, Behold me.
Exodus 28:20
And the fourth row, a topaz, and sardonyx, and jasper: they shall be set with gold in their fillings.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
And Saul will die in his transgression which he transgressed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah, which he watched not, and also for asking to a sorcerer to seek out;
Job 33:14-16
For God will speak at once, and at a second time, and he shall not regard it.
Psalm 74:9
We saw not our signs, no more a prophet: and not with us will it be known how long.
Proverbs 1:1-33
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 27:1-28
Thou shalt not boast upon the day of the morrow, for thou shalt not know what a day shall bring forth.
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet whom with him a dream, he will recount a dream; and whom my word with him, he will speak my word in truth. What to the straw with the grain? says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 20:1-3
And it will be in the seventh year, in the fifth, in the tenth to the month, men from the old men of Israel came to seek Jehovah, and they sat before my face.
Matthew 1:20
And reflecting upon these things, behold a messenger of the Lord appeared to him saying, Joseph, thou son of David, thou shouldest not fear to take to thyself Mary thy wife: for that begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
John 9:31
And we know that God hears not the sinful: but if any be godly, and do his will, this he hears.
James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask wickedly that ye might expend upon your sensual pleasures.