1 Samuel 10:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² And a man of the place answered, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² One from that same place answered, But who is the father of the others? So it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

Common English Bible

¹² One of the locals then asked, “And who is their leader?” So it became a proverb: “Is Saul also one of the prophets?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And one would respond to the other, saying, "And who is their father?" Because of this, it turned into a proverb, "Could Saul also be among the prophets?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

1 Samuel 10:12 Cross References

Isaiah 54:13

All your sons shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.

John 6:45

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

John 7:16

So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;

James 1:17

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 Samuel 10:13

When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

1 Samuel 19:23

And he went from there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

1 Samuel 19:24

And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel, and lay naked all that day and all that night. Hence it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”