1 Samuel 9:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?”
1 Samuel 9:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 9:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 9:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?””
1 Samuel 9:11 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 9:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?”
1 Samuel 9:11 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 9:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, `Is the seer in this <FI>place<Fi> ?'”
1 Samuel 9:11 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 9:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?”
1 Samuel 9:11 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 9:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And as they were going vp the hie way to the citie, they found maydes that came out to draw water, and said vnto them, Is there here a Seer?”
1 Samuel 9:11 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 9:11 in Context — 1 Samuel 9
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
11 And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
What Does 1 Samuel 9:11 Mean?
1 Samuel 9:11 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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