The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What do you see?” The woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.”
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
- NKJV And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What did you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.”
- NASB But the king said to her, “Do not be afraid; but what do you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I see a divine being coming up from the earth.”
- NLT “Don’t be afraid!” the king told her. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” she said.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 4:16He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
- Exod 22:28“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- Ps 82:6–7I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
- John 10:34–35Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
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