1st Samuel Chapter 28 verse 21 Holy Bible
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
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And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.
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And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy bondmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words which thou spokest to me.
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And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
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And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was greatly troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words, which thou didst speak
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The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
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And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, `Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) And the woman.--The story is completed in these few concluding verses (1Samuel 28:21-25) in a most natural and unaffected style. The witch, though a grievous sinner, is struck with a woman's pity for the stricken king, and with kind words and still kinder acts does her best to recover him from the death-like swoon into which the hapless Saul had fallen. Her whole behaviour contradicts the supposition that she was moved by a bitter hatred against Saul (see Excursus L at end of this Book) to desire the appearance of Samuel, and to imitate his voice by means of ventriloquism. Firstly, she was herself terrified at the apparition; and secondly, she was saddened by the effect of the dead seer's words on the king, and did her poor best to restore him to composure and strength again. We read in the next verse how the woman, with Saul's servants, used even a gentle compulsion to induce the king to take the nourishment he was so sorely in need of.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhen the womanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙ (hā·’iš·šāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femalecameוַתָּב֤וֹא (wat·tā·ḇō·w)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gotoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toSaulשָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesand sawוַתֵּ֖רֶא (wat·tê·re)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7200: To seehowכִּי־ (kî-)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctiondistraught he was,נִבְהַ֣ל (niḇ·hal)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiouslyshe saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayto him,אֵלָ֗יו (’ê·lāw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, to“Look,הִנֵּ֨ה (hin·nêh)InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!your maidservantשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā)Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 8198: Maid, maidservanthas obeyedשָׁמְעָ֤ה (šā·mə·‘āh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyyour voice.בְּקוֹלֶ֔ךָ (bə·qō·w·le·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6963: A voice, soundI tookוָאָשִׂ֤ים (wā·’ā·śîm)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, setmy lifeנַפְשִׁי֙ (nap̄·šî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion in my handsבְּכַפִּ֔י (bə·ḵap·pî)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a panand didוָֽאֶשְׁמַע֙ (wā·’eš·ma‘)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyasאֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatyou toldדִּבַּ֖רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā)Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdueme.אֵלָֽי׃ (’ê·lāy)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toJump to PreviousAffrighted Hand Handmaid Hearkened Life Maidservant Obeyed Saul Shaken Sore Spakest Speak Spokest Terrified Troubled Voice Words
