1 Samuel 16:2 Hebrew Text Analysis
Text Analysis
Hebrew Texts
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'King James Bible
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samuel asked, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" The LORD answered, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How can I go
Exodus 3:11 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and …
1 Kings 18:9-14 And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant …
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Luke 1:34 Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Take an heifer For the prudent management of the affair, and to avoid suspicion, Samuel was directed to go to Bethlehem to sacrifice, as he probably did from time to time in many different places; and the answer which he was instructed to return was strictly true though he did not tell the principal design of his coming; for though no man in any circumstances should tell a lie, yet, in all circumstances, he is not bound to tell the whole truth, though he must tell nothing but the truth, as so tell that truth that the hearer shall not believe a lie by it.
with thee [heb] in thine hand
1 Samuel 9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: …
I am come
1 Samuel 9:12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: …
1 Samuel 20:29 And he said, Let me go, I pray you; for our family has a sacrifice …
Jeremiah 38:26,27 Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the …
Links
1 Samuel 16:2 • 1 Samuel 16:2 NIV • 1 Samuel 16:2 NLT • 1 Samuel 16:2 ESV • 1 Samuel 16:2 NASB • 1 Samuel 16:2 KJV • 1 Samuel 16:2 Bible Apps • 1 Samuel 16:2 Biblia Paralela • 1 Samuel 16:2 Chinese Bible • 1 Samuel 16:2 French Bible • 1 Samuel 16:2 German Bible • Bible Hub