When they tell you, *Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:* shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
1 Samuel 28:11 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you? He said, Bring me up Shemu'el. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? He said, Bring up Samuel for me. American Standard Version (1901) Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. Common English Bible So the woman said, “Who do you want me to bring up for you?” “Bring up Samuel,” he said. Catholic Public Domain Version And the woman said to him, "Whom shall I raise up for you?" And he said, "Raise up for me Samuel." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. |
When they tell you, *Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:* shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Sha'ul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
When the woman saw Shemu'el, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Sha'ul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Sha'ul.
Shemu'el said to Sha'ul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? Sha'ul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Pelishtim make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.