Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now please listen to your servant and let me give you some food so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.” New Living Translation Now do what I say, and let me give you a little something to eat so you can regain your strength for the trip back.” English Standard Version Now therefore, you also obey your servant. Let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” Berean Standard Bible Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.” King James Bible Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. New King James Version Now therefore, please, heed also the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” New American Standard Bible So now you too, please listen to the voice of your servant, and let me serve you a piece of bread, and eat it, so that you will have strength when you go on your way.” NASB 1995 “So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.” NASB 1977 “So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.” Legacy Standard Bible So now also, please listen to the voice of your servant-woman, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.” Amplified Bible So now, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you, and eat, so that you may have strength when you go on your way.” Christian Standard Bible Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.” American Standard Version Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. Contemporary English Version Now please listen to me. Let me get you a little something to eat. It will give you strength for your walk back to camp." English Revised Version Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. GOD'S WORD® Translation Now please listen to me. I will serve you something to eat. Eat it so that you will have strength when you leave." Good News Translation Now please do what I ask. Let me fix you some food. You must eat so that you will be strong enough to travel." International Standard Version Now, please listen to your servant. I'll put a piece of bread before you so you can eat and have strength to go on your way." Majority Standard Bible Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.” NET Bible Now it's your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way." New Heart English Bible Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way." Webster's Bible Translation Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. World English Bible Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you. Eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand now, please listen, you also, to the voice of your maidservant, and I set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, and there is power in you when you go in the way.” Young's Literal Translation and now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.' Smith's Literal Translation And now, hear now, also thou to the voice of thy servant, and I will set before thee a bit of bread; and eat and strength will be in thee that thou shalt go in the way. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow therefore hear thou also the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set before thee a morsel of bread, that thou mayest eat and recover strength, and be able to go on thy journey. Catholic Public Domain Version And so now, I ask you to heed the voice of your handmaid, and let me place before you a morsel of bread, so that, by eating, you may recover strength, and you may be able to undertake the journey.” New American Bible Now you, in turn, please listen to your maidservant. Let me set out a bit of food for you to eat, so that you are strong enough to go on your way.” New Revised Standard Version Now therefore, you also listen to your servant; let me set a morsel of bread before you. Eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow therefore, listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, because you are going on a journey. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Now listen also to the voice of your Maid Servant and I will set before you a piece of bread, and you should eat, and you will have strength so that you may go on the road.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul and the Medium of Endor…21When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me. 22Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.” 23Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.… Cross References 1 Kings 19:7 A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” Judges 19:5 On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.” Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.” Genesis 19:3 But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 1 Kings 13:7 Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.” 2 Kings 4:8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. 2 Kings 6:22-23 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.” / So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again. 2 Samuel 17:29 honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.” 1 Kings 17:13-15 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, / for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’” / So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. 2 Samuel 13:5-6 Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’” / So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.” Matthew 14:16 “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.” Mark 6:37 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?” Luke 9:13 But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” John 4:31-34 Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.” / But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” / So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?” ... John 21:12-13 “Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord. / Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish. Treasury of Scripture Now therefore, I pray you, listen you also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way. Jump to Previous Bondmaid Bread Ear Eat Handmaid Hearken Little Maidservant Mayest Morsel Piece Please Servant Strength Voice WayJump to Next Bondmaid Bread Ear Eat Handmaid Hearken Little Maidservant Mayest Morsel Piece Please Servant Strength Voice Way1 Samuel 28 1. Achish puts confidence in David3. 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 21. The woman and his servants refresh him with meat Now please listen to your servant This phrase reflects a tone of humility and urgency. The Hebrew word for "listen" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but obeying or heeding. In the context of 1 Samuel 28, the speaker is the medium of Endor, who is addressing King Saul. Her use of "your servant" indicates a position of submission, which is significant given Saul's desperate state. Historically, Saul, once a mighty king, is now reduced to seeking guidance from a medium, which was against God's law (Leviticus 19:31). This phrase underscores the reversal of roles and the humility Saul must accept in his dire situation. and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way Hebrew Nowוְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time please נָ֤א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' listen שְׁמַֽע־ (šə·ma‘-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to your servant שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant and let me set וְאָשִׂ֧מָה (wə·’ā·śi·māh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a morsel פַּת־ (paṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6595: Fragment, bit, morsel of bread לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain before you. לְפָנֶ֛יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Eat, וֶאֱכ֑וֹל (we·’ĕ·ḵō·wl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat and it will give וִיהִ֤י (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be you בְךָ֙ (ḇə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew strength כֹּ֔חַ (kō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) to כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction go תֵלֵ֖ךְ (ṯê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk on your way.” בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ (bad·dā·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action Links 1 Samuel 28:22 NIV1 Samuel 28:22 NLT 1 Samuel 28:22 ESV 1 Samuel 28:22 NASB 1 Samuel 28:22 KJV 1 Samuel 28:22 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 28:22 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 28:22 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 28:22 French Bible 1 Samuel 28:22 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 28:22 Now therefore please listen also to (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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