11As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?


In Context

8 And the servant answered Saul again and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver; that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.

9 (In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.)

10 And Saul said to his servant, Well said: come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.

11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?

12 And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he came to-day to the city; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place.

13 As soon as ye come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people eat not until he has come, because he blesses the sacrifice; afterwards they eat that are invited. And now go up; for this very day shall ye find him.

1 Samuel 9:11 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:11As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water, and they asked them, "Is the seer here?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:11[And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And when they went up the ascent to the city, they found maids coming out to draw water, and they said to them: Is the seer here?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:11As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:11As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, |Is the seer here?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, 'Is the seer in this place?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?