1 Samuel 28:13 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 28:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָ֥הּ
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תִּֽירְאִ֖י
yârêʼ
H3372
to fear
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
מָ֣ה
mâh
H4100
what
רָאִ֑ית
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הָֽאִשָּׁה֙
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
שָׁא֔וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
אֱלֹהִ֥ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
רָאִ֖יתִי
râʼâh
H7200
to see
עֹלִ֥ים
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מִן
min
H4480
from
הָאָֽרֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what do you see? The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king said to her, “Do not fear. But what have you seen?” And the woman said to Saul, “I have seen a god coming up from the earth.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).