Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you. Eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
- BSB Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
- NKJV Now therefore, please, heed also the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.”
- NASB So now you too, please listen to the voice of your servant, and let me serve you a piece of bread, and eat it, so that you will have strength when you go on your way.”
- NLT Now do what I say, and let me give you a little something to eat so you can regain your strength for the trip back.”
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Quick answer
She urges Saul to eat so he will have strength for his journey. Her practical care contrasts with the doom hanging over him.
Overview
The medium presses Saul to accept a meal and regain enough strength to leave. Her insistence reflects ordinary kindness toward a broken man. Yet no food can avert the judgment Samuel pronounced, lending a tragic poignancy to the gesture.
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