1 Samuel 9:17 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 9:17 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 →
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֖ל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
H8050
Samuel
רָאָ֣ה
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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שָׁא֑וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
וַיהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
עָנָ֔הוּ
ʻânâh
H6030
to answer
הִנֵּ֤ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
הָאִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
אָמַ֣רְתִּי
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלֶ֔יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
זֶ֖ה
zeh
H2088
this
יַעְצֹ֥ר
ʻâtsâr
H6113
to restrain
בְּעַמִּֽי
ʻam
H5971
people
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
When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.
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King James Version Public Domain
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Samuel saw Saul, and Yahweh answered him, “Behold the man whom I spoke to you! This will restrain my people.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).