6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he burned with anger.


In Context

3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you."

4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept aloud.

5 Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, "What is wrong with the people? Why are they weeping?" Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

6 When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he burned with anger.

7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they turned out as one man.

8 When Saul mustered them at Bezek, the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

1st Samuel 11:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And the spirit of the Lord came upon Saul, when he had heard these words, and his anger was exceedingly kindled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:6And the Spirit of God came on Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.