1 Samuel 28:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?”
1 Samuel 28:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Samuel 28:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Samuel 28:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?”
1 Samuel 28:16 — World English Bible
1 Samuel 28:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary? ”
1 Samuel 28:16 — American Standard Version
1 Samuel 28:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Samuel saith, `And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?”
1 Samuel 28:16 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Samuel 28:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? ”
1 Samuel 28:16 — Darby Translation
1 Samuel 28:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?”
1 Samuel 28:16 — Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 28:16 in Context — 1 Samuel 28
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
What Does 1 Samuel 28:16 Mean?
1 Samuel 28:16 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 28. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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