1 Samuel 28:10
New International Version
Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this.”

New Living Translation
But Saul took an oath in the name of the LORD and promised, “As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”

English Standard Version
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

King James Bible
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

New King James Version
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

New American Standard Bible
So Saul swore an oath to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

NASB 1995
Saul vowed to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

NASB 1977
And Saul vowed to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment come upon you for this thing.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

Amplified Bible
Then Saul swore [an oath] to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment will come to you from this.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you because of this.”

American Standard Version
And Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul swore to her by LORD JEHOVAH and said: “LORD JEHOVAH is living that there shall be no harm to you in this matter!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.

Contemporary English Version
Saul replied, "I swear by the living LORD that nothing will happen to you because of this."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.

English Revised Version
And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But Saul took an oath in the LORD's name, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD lives, you will not be harmed if you do this."

Good News Translation
Then Saul made a sacred vow. "By the living LORD I promise that you will not be punished for doing this," he told her.

International Standard Version
Saul swore to her by the LORD: "As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment will come on you for this thing."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'

Literal Standard Version
And Saul swears to her by YHWH, saying, “YHWH lives, punishment does not meet you for this thing.”

Majority Standard Bible
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

New American Bible
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, you shall incur no blame for this.”

NET Bible
But Saul swore an oath to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!"

New Revised Standard Version
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

New Heart English Bible
Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall happen to you for this thing."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

World English Bible
Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul sweareth to her by Jehovah, saying, 'Jehovah liveth, punishment doth not meet thee for this thing.'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Saul and the Medium of Endor
9But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?” 10Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.” 11“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 28:9
But the woman replied, "Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?"

1 Samuel 28:11
"Whom shall I bring up for you?" the woman asked. "Bring up Samuel," he replied.


Treasury of Scripture

And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.

sware

1 Samuel 14:39
For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

1 Samuel 19:6
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

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1 Samuel 28
1. Achish puts confidence in David
3. Saul having destroyed the witches
4. and now in his fear forsaken of God
7. has recourse to a witch
8. who, encouraged by Saul, raises up Samuel
15. Saul hearing his ruin, faints
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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Saul
שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

swore
וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע (way·yiš·šā·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear

to her by the LORD:
בַּֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“As surely as the LORD
יְהוָ֕ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

lives,
חַי־ (ḥay-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

no
אִֽם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

punishment
עָוֺ֖ן (‘ā·wōn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

shall come upon you
יִקְּרֵ֥ךְ (yiq·qə·rêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers

for
בַּדָּבָ֥ר (bad·dā·ḇār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

this.”
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that


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