16Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and become your enemy?


In Context

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."

16 Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and become your enemy?

17 The Lord has done what he predicted through me. The Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors-to David.

18 Because you did not obey the Lord or carry out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the Lord has done this to you today.

1st Samuel 28:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:16And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:16And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16And Samuel said, Why then dost thou inquire of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:16And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16Then said Samuel, Why then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD hath departed from thee, and hath become thy enemy?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16Samuel said, |Why then do you ask of me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:16And Samuel saith, 'And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:16Then said Samuel, Why then do you ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from you, and is become your enemy?