1 Samuel 28:16

1 Samuel 28:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
• 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?

Context of 1 Samuel 28:16

14He said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. 15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do.” Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has departed from you and has become your adversary? 17The Lord has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. 18As you did not obey the Lord and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the Lord has done this thing to you this day.

1 Samuel 28:16 word by word

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

• Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemû'êl · SamuelH8050
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• then do you askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• me, since the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has departedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• from you and has becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• your adversaryעָר‛âr · enemyH6145

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 28:16

• Judges 5:31Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.” And the land was undisturbed for forty years.
• 2 Kings 6:27He said, “If the Lord does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
• Psalms 68:1Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him.
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
• Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God;
• Lamentations 2:5The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds And multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

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

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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