1 Samuel 9:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you. He it is who shall rule over my people.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, There is the man of whom I told you. He shall have authority over My people.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Common English Bible

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “That’s the man I told you about. That’s the one who will rule my people.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when Samuel had caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him: "Behold, the man about whom I spoke to you. This one shall rule over my people."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee. This man shall reign over my people.

1 Samuel 9:17 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:19

When it began to be dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants over the gates, to prevent any burden from being brought in on the Sabbath day.

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Jeremiah 32:8

Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Hosea 13:11

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.

Acts 13:21

Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them.

1 Samuel 9:18

Then Saul approached Samuel inside the gate and said, “Tell me, please, where is the house of the seer?”