13The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a spirit coming up out of the ground."


In Context

10 Saul swore to her by the Lord , "As surely as the Lord lives, you will not be punished for this."

11 Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" "Bring up Samuel," he said.

12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!"

13 The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a spirit coming up out of the ground."

14 "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

15 Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" "I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."

1st Samuel 28:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said to her: Fear not: what hast thou seen? And the woman said to Saul: I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what seest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said to her, Be not afraid; but what didst thou see? And the woman said to Saul, I saw a god ascending out of the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what seest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said to her be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:13The king said to her, |Don't be afraid. For what do you see?| The woman said to Saul, |I see a god coming up out of the earth.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king saith to her, 'Do not fear; for what hast thou seen?' and the woman saith unto Saul, 'Gods I have seen coming up out of the earth.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:13And the king said to her, Be not afraid: for what saw you? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.