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1 Samuel 9:6

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9:6But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens.5 Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.”6

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.
  2. 6 Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But he said to him, “Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Look,” the servant said, “there’s a man of God in this city who is highly respected; everything he says is sure to come true. Let’s go there now. Maybe he’ll tell us which way we should go.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But the servant said, “I’ve just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let’s go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But he said to him, “Look, a man of God is in this town, and the man is honored. All that he says certainly comes true. So then let us go there; perhaps he will tell us about our journey on which we have gone.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.