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1 Samuel 28:13

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28:13The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What have you seen?” The woman replied to Saul, “I have seen one like a god16 coming up from the ground!”

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Heb “gods.” The modifying participle (translated “coming up”) is plural, suggesting that underworld spirits are the referent. But in the following verse Saul understands the plural word to refer to a singular being. The reference is to the spirit of Samuel.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What do you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid. What do you see?”

The woman said, “I see a ghostly figure coming up out of the earth.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the king said to her, “Don’t be afraid. What do you see?”

“I see a spirit form coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Don’t be afraid!” the king told her. “What do you see?”

“I see a god coming up out of the earth,” she said.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The king said to her, “Do not be afraid! What do you see?” And the woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up from the ground!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And 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.