1 Samuel 28:10

1 Samuel 28:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
• New International Version (NIV)Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not be punished for this.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Saul swore to her by the Lord, "As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

Context of 1 Samuel 28:10

8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? And Saul sware to her by Yhwh, saying, As Yhwh liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. 11Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

1 Samuel 28:10 word by word

וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽע לָהּ֙ שָׁא֔וּל בַּֽיהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר חַי־יְהוָ֕ה אִֽם־יִקְּרֵ֥ךְ עָוֹ֖ן בַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• to her by Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• livethחַיchay · aliveH2416
• there shallאִם'im · if: surely noH518
• no punishmentעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: punishmentH5771
• happenקָרָהqârâh · to meetH7136
• to thee for this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 28:10

• 1 Samuel 14:39For, as Yhwh 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 19:6And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Yhwh liveth, he shall not be slain.
• Genesis 3:5For 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.
• Exodus 20:7Thou shalt not take the name of Yhwh thy God in vain; for Yhwh will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
• Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Yhwh thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Yhwh liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
• Matthew 26:72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
• Mark 6:23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 28:10

• 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. 3-14Saul consulted the dead, a practice forbidden by God’s law (see Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:9–11).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 28:10

• En-Dor
• Familiar Spirits
• Miracles
• Necromancy
• Oath
• Samuel
• Saul
• Sorcery
• Witchcraft

In the dictionaries

• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Along
• David
• Disquiet
• Divination
• Magic
• Warfare
• Witchcraft
• Astrology

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