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?|


In Context

8 The servant answered Saul again, and said, |Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.|

9 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, |Come, and let us go to the seer;| for he who is now called a prophet was before called a Seer.)

10 Then Saul said to his servant, |Well said. Come, let us go.| So they went to the city where the man of God was.

11 As 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?|

12 They answered them, and said, |He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.

13 As soon as you have come into the city, you shall immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he come, because he blesses the sacrifice. Afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And 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?

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 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?