1 Samuel 28:22

1 Samuel 28:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of 1 Samuel 28:22

20Then Saul immediately fell full length on the earth [floor of the medium’s house], and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words; and he was thoroughly exhausted because he had not eaten all day and all night. 21The woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly troubled, and she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to everything you said to me. 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.” 23But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants together with the woman urged him, and he [finally] listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed. 24The woman had a fattened calf in the house; she quickly killed it, and took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread.

1 Samuel 28:22 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה שְׁמַֽע־נָ֤א גַם־אַתָּה֙ בְּק֣וֹל שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ וְאָשִׂ֧מָה לְפָנֶ֛יךָ פַּת־לֶ֖חֶם וֶאֱכ֑וֹל וִיהִ֤י בְךָ֙ כֹּ֔חַ כִּ֥י תֵלֵ֖ךְ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore, I pray thee, hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
• thou also unto the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: listenH6963
• of thine handmaidשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
• and let me setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• a morselפַּתpath · morselH6595
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• thee; and eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• that thou mayest have strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• when thou goestיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• on thy wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28:22

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-25Verses 20-25 Those that expect any good counsel or comfort, otherwise than from God, and in the way of his institutions, will be as wretchedly disappointed as Saul. Though terrified even to despair, he was not humbled. He confessed not his sins, offered no sacrifices, and presented no supplications. He does not seem to have cared about his sons or his people, or to have attempted any escape; but in sullen despair he rushed upon his doom. God sets up a few…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 28:22

• En-Dor
• Familiar Spirits
• Saul
• Sorcery
• Witchcraft

In the dictionaries

• Along
• David
• Disquiet
• Divination
• Warfare
• Witchcraft
• Astrology
• Chronicles, Books of
• Communion With Demons; Devils
• En-Dor, Witch of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings