1 Samuel 28:16

1 Samuel 28:16 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Samuel said, “Why do you consult me, now that the Lord has departed from you and become your enemy?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Samuel said: “So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy?
• New Living Translation (NLT)But Samuel replied, “Why ask me, since the Lord has left you and has become your enemy?

Context of 1 Samuel 28:16

14And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. 15And 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. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? 17And 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 neighbour, even to David: 18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

1 Samuel 28:16 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וְלָ֖מָּה תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִי וַיהוָ֛ה סָ֥ר מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ וַיְהִ֥י עָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• Wherefore then dost thou askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• of me, seeing the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• is departedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• from thee, and is become thine enemyעָר‛âr · enemyH6145

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 28:16

• Judges 5:31So 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.
• 2 Kings 6:27And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
• Psalms 68:1Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
• Lamentations 2:5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Wherefore then dost thou ask of me - Was ever I wont to give answers that were not dictated by the Lord? It is his counsel alone that I communicate.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-19Verses 7-19 When we go from the plain path of duty, every thing draws us further aside, and increases our perplexity and temptation. Saul desires the woman to bring one from the dead, with whom he wished to speak; this was expressly forbidden, De 18:11. All real or pretended witchcraft or conjuration, is a malicious or an ignorant attempt to gain knowledge or help from some creature, when it cannot be had from the Lord in the path of duty. While Samuel…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Saul’s enemy was not David but the Lord himself.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 28:16

• En-Dor
• Familiar Spirits
• Holy Spirit
• Necromancy
• Samuel
• Saul
• Sorcery
• Witchcraft

In the dictionaries

• Samuel
• Along
• David
• Disquiet
• Divination
• Magic
• Warfare
• Witchcraft
• Astrology
• Chronicles, Books 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