1 Samuel 9:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ The young man answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God, to tell us our way.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The servant replied, I have here a quarter of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God to tell us our way–

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

Common English Bible

⁸ “Here,” the boy answered Saul, “I’ve got a quarter-shekel of silver. I’ll give that to the man of God so he tells us which way to go.” (

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The servant again responded to Saul, and he said: "Behold, there is found in my hand a coin of the fourth part of a stater. Let us give it to the man of God, so that he may reveal to us our way."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The servant answered Saul again, and said: Behold, there is found in my hand the fourth part of a sicle of silver. Let us give it to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.

1 Samuel 9:8 Cross References

1 Kings 13:7

Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and dine, and I will give you a gift.”

1 Kings 14:3

Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him; he will tell you what shall happen to the child.”

1 Samuel 9:6

But he said to him, “There is a man of God in this town; he is a man held in honor. Whatever he says always comes true. Let us go there now; perhaps he will tell us about the journey on which we have set out.”