1 Samuel 9:18
New International Version
Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

New Living Translation
Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

English Standard Version
Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

Berean Standard Bible
Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

King James Bible
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

New King James Version
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me, where is the seer’s house?”

New American Standard Bible
Then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

NASB 1995
Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

NASB 1977
Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

Amplified Bible
Then Saul approached Samuel in the [city] gate and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

Christian Standard Bible
Saul approached Samuel in the city gate and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Saul approached Samuel in the gate area and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

American Standard Version
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul came near to Shemueil inside the gate, and he said: “Show me where the house of the Seer is”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now which is the house of the seer?

Contemporary English Version
Saul went over to Samuel in the gateway and said, "A man who can see visions lives here in town. Could you tell me the way to his house?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer?

English Revised Version
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul approached Samuel inside the gateway and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

Good News Translation
Then Saul went over to Samuel, who was near the gate, and asked, "Tell me, where does the seer live?"

International Standard Version
As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'

Literal Standard Version
And Saul draws near to Samuel in the midst of the gate and says, “Please declare to me where this seer’s house [is].”

Majority Standard Bible
Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

New American Bible
Saul met Samuel in the gateway and said, “Please tell me where the seer lives.”

NET Bible
As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

New Revised Standard Version
Then Saul approached Samuel inside the gate, and said, “Tell me, please, where is the house of the seer?”

New Heart English Bible
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.

World English Bible
Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, 'Declare, I pray thee, to me, where is this -- the seer's house?'

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Context
Saul Chosen as King
17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.” 18Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?” 19“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 9:17
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, "Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people."

1 Samuel 9:19
"I am the seer," Samuel replied. "Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.


Treasury of Scripture

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(18) In the gate.--The LXX. (Greek Version) here reads, "in the midst of the city." It is not improbable that this is the original reading, it being very possible for a scribe to write the Hebrew word "gate" for "city."

Verse 18. - In the gate. The same preposition is used here as that translated "into the city" in ver. 14. The contradiction which many commentators suppose that they find between the two verses arises from their not remembering that prepositions constantly lose their original meaning. Literally the preposition means in the middle, but its common meaning is simply within. So with us immediately has lost all reference to the middle, though derived from that word, and signifies directly, at once. Saul, then, and his servant were just going (it is a present participle) within the city when they meet Samuel coming out, and accost him in the very portal.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Saul
שָׁא֛וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

approached
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (way·yig·gaš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach

Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

in the gateway
הַשָּׁ֑עַר (haš·šā·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

and asked,
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Would you please
נָּ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

tell
הַגִּֽידָה־ (hag·gî·ḏāh-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

me
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

where
אֵי־ (’ê-)
Interrogative
Strong's 335: Where?, how?

the seer's
הָרֹאֶֽה׃ (hā·rō·’eh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7203: A seer, a vision

house [is]?”
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house


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OT History: 1 Samuel 9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa)
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