1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel 10:27 in other translations
| BSB | But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it. |
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| WEB | But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no tribute. But he held his peace. |
| ASV | But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace. |
| YLT | and the sons of worthlessness have said, ‘What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf. |
| DARBY | But the children of Belial said, How should this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he was as one deaf. |
| BBE | But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering. |
| Webster | But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace. |
What does 1 Samuel 10:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:17-27
Samuel tells the people, Ye have this day rejected your God. So little fond was Saul now of that power, which soon after, when he possessed it, he could not think of parting with, that he hid himself. It is good to be conscious of our unworthiness and insufficiency for the services to which we are called; but men should not go into the contrary extreme, by refusing the employments to which the Lord and the church…
1 Samuel 10:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 10:27
- Deuteronomy 13:13
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
- 2 Chronicles 17:5
Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
- 1 Kings 10:25
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.
- 1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- Acts 7:35
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
- Matthew 27:12-14
And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
- 2 Chronicles 13:7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
- Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- 2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
- Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
- 2 Samuel 20:1
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
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Context
- 1 Samuel 10:26
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
- 1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel 10:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pero los impíos dijeron: ¿Cómo nos ha de salvar éste? Y tuviéronle en poco, y no le trajeron presente: mas él disimuló. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et des fils de Bélial dirent: Comment celui-ci nous sauverait-il? Et ils le méprisèrent et ne lui apportèrent point de présent; et il fit le sourd. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber etliche Söhne Belials sprachen: Wie sollte der uns retten? Und sie verachteten ihn und brachten ihm kein Geschenk; aber er war wie taub. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filii vero Belial dixerunt: Num salvare nos poterit iste? Et despexerunt eum, et non attulerunt ei munera: ille vero dissimulabat se audire. |