1 Samuel 28:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground filled with fear because of the words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Then immediately Saul fell full length upon the earth floor [of the medium's house], and was exceedingly afraid because of Samuel's words. There was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Saul immediately fell full length on the ground, utterly terrified at what Samuel had said. He was weak because he hadn’t eaten anything all day or night.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And immediately, Saul fell stretched out on the ground. For he was terrified by the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him. For he had not eaten bread all that day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And forthwith Saul fell all along on the ground, for he was frightened with the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day.

1 Samuel 28:20 Cross References

Job 26:2

“How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!

1 Samuel 25:37

In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him; he became like a stone.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will give Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me; the Lord will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 28:21

The woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, “Your servant has listened to you; I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to what you have said to me.

1 Samuel 28:5

When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.