And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
1 Samuel 28:16 - King James Version - American Edition Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary? Common English Bible “Why do you ask me,” Samuel said, “since the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy? Catholic Public Domain Version And Samuel said, "Why do you question me, though the Lord has withdrawn from you, and has crossed over to your rival? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival? |
And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: