1 Samuel 9:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ And when Shemu’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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)

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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

¹⁷ 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."

1 Samuel 9:17 Cross References

Hosea 13:11

“I gave you a sovereign in My displeasure, but I took him away in My wrath.

Acts 13:21

“But then they asked for a sovereign, and Elohim gave them Sha’ul the son of Qish, a man of the tribe of Binyamin, for forty years.

Nehemiah 13:25

Then I contended with them and cursed them, and smote some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by Elohim, saying, “You do not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

Nehemiah 13:19

And it came to be, at the gates of Yerushalayim, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

1 Samuel 3:13

“For I have declared to him that I am judging his house forever for the crookedness which he knows, because his sons cursed Elohim, and he did not rebuke them.

1 Samuel 9:18

And Sha’ul drew near to Shemu’ĕ

Jeremiah 32:8

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