27But some troublemakers said, "How can this fellow save us?" They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.


In Context

24 Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the man the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people." Then the people shouted, "Long live the king!"

25 Samuel explained to the people the regulations of the kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord . Then Samuel dismissed the people, each to his own home.

26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose hearts God had touched.

27 But some troublemakers said, "How can this fellow save us?" They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

1st Samuel 10:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:27But the children of Belial said: Shall this fellow be able to save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents, but he dissembled as though he heard not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:27But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:27But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:27But certain sons of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:27But certain worthless fellows said, |How shall this man save us?| They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:27and the sons of worthlessness have said, 'What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:27But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.