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?


In Context

8 The servant answered Saul again, and said: Behold there is found in my hand the fourth part of a sicle of silver, let us give it to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.

9 Now in time past, in Israel when a man went to consult God he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer. For he that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer.

10 And Saul said to his servant: Thy word is very good, come, let us go. And they went into the city, where the man of God was.

11 And 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?

12 They answered and said to them: He is: behold he is before you, make haste now: for he came to day into the city, for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place.

13 As soon as you come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat till he come: because he blesseth the victim, and afterwards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go up, for to day you shall 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11As 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?

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?