1 Samuel 28:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?”
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““Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Samuel saith, `And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 28:16 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- 2 Kings 6:27He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
- Psalms 68:1God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
- Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
- Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.
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