Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by 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.
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 28:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul And The Medium
5 and Saul seeth the camp of the Philistines, and feareth, and his heart trembleth greatly, 6 and Saul asketh at Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not answered him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets. 7 And Saul saith to his servants, 'Seek for me a woman possessing a familiar spirit, and I go unto her, and inquire of her;' and his servants say unto him, 'Lo, a woman possessing a familiar spirit in En-dor.'
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 12:6
And He saith, 'Hear, I pray you, My words: If your prophet is of Jehovah -- in an appearance unto him I make Myself known; in a dream I speak with him;
Numbers 27:21
'And before Eleazar the priest he standeth, and he hath asked for him by the judgment of the Lights before Jehovah; at His word they go out, and at His word they come in; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the company.'
1 Samuel 14:37
And Saul asketh of God, 'Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?' and He hath not answered him on that day.
Lamentations 2:9
Sunk into the earth have her gates, He hath destroyed and broken her bars, Her king and her princes are among the nations, There is no law, also her prophets Have not found vision from Jehovah.
Exodus 28:30
'And thou hast put unto the breastplate of judgment the Lights and the Perfections, and they have been on the heart of Aaron, in his going in before Jehovah, and Aaron hath borne the judgment of the sons of Israel on his heart before Jehovah continually.
Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said: -- Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah;
Genesis 28:12-15
And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;
Genesis 46:2-4
and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'
Exodus 28:20
and the fourth row is beryl, and onyx, and jasper; embroidered with gold are they in their settings,
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
And Saul dieth because of his trespass that he trespassed against Jehovah, against the word of Jehovah that he kept not, and also for asking at a familiar spirit -- to inquire, --
Job 33:14-16
For once doth God speak, and twice, (He doth not behold it.)
Psalm 74:9
Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
Proverbs 1:1-33
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 27:1-28
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet with whom is a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom is My word, Let him truly speak My word. What -- to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.
Ezekiel 20:1-3
And it cometh to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month, come in have certain of the elders of Israel to seek Jehovah, and they sit before me;
Matthew 1:20
And on his thinking of these things, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream appeared to him, saying, 'Joseph, son of David, thou mayest not fear to receive Mary thy wife, for that which in her was begotten is of the Holy Spirit,
John 9:31
and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;
James 4:3
ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it.