1 Samuel 28:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ Then Shemu’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Samuel said, Why then do you ask me, seeing that the Lord has turned from you and has become your enemy?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “Why do you ask me,” Samuel said, “since the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And Samuel said, "Why do you question me, though the Lord has withdrawn from you, and has crossed over to your rival?

1 Samuel 28:16 Cross References

2 Kings 6:27

And he said, “If יהוה  does not help you, where do I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”

Lamentations 2:4

He has bent His bow like an enemy. He has set His right hand like an adversary. And He slays all who delighted the eye. In the tent of the daughter of Tsiyon, He has poured out His wrath like fire.

Lamentations 2:5

יהוה  has been like an enemy. He has swallowed up Yisra’ĕ

Revelation 18:20

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you set-apart emissaries and prophets, for Elohim has completely avenged you on her!”

Revelation 18:24

“And in her was found the blood of prophets and set-apart ones, and of all who were slain on the earth.”

Judges 5:31

“So do all Your enemies perish, O יהוה! But let those who love Him be like the sun rising in its might!” And the land had rest forty years.

1 Samuel 28:15

And Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 28:17

“And יהוה  has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For יהוה  has torn the reign out of your hand and given it to your neighbour, to Dawiḏ