1 Samuel 28 · Verse 10

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
1 Samuel 28:10, King James Version

1 Samuel 28:10 in other translations

BSBThen Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
WEBSaul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”
ASVAnd Saul sware to her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
YLTAnd Saul sweareth to her by Jehovah, saying, ‘Jehovah liveth, punishment doth not meet thee for this thing.'
DARBYAnd Saul swore unto her by Jehovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
BBEAnd Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
WebsterAnd Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

What does 1 Samuel 28:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 28:7-14

7-8. Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit--From the energetic measures which he himself had taken for extirpating the dealers in magical arts (the profession having been declared a capital offense), his most attached courtiers might have had reason to doubt the possibility of gratifying their master's wish. Anxious inquiries, however, led to the discovery of a woman living…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 28:7-19

When we go from the plain path of duty, every thing draws us further aside, and increases our perplexity and temptation. Saul desires the woman to bring one from the dead, with whom he wished to speak; this was expressly forbidden, De 18:11. All real or pretended witchcraft or conjuration, is a malicious or an ignorant attempt to gain knowledge or help from some creature, when it cannot be had from the Lord in the…

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1 Samuel 28:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשָּׁ֤בַֽעvai.yi.Sha.va'and he sworeH7650
לָהּ֙lahto <the> her
שָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
בַּֽיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehby YahwehH3068
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
חַי\־chai-[by] [the] lifeH2416
יְהוָ֕הYah.wehof YahwehH3068
אִֽם\־'im-ifH518
יִקְּרֵ֥ךְyi.ke.Rekhit will happen to youH7136
עָוֹ֖ן'a.VonpunishmentH5771
בַּדָּבָ֥רba.da.Varin the matterH1697
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 28:10

  • 2 Samuel 14:11

    Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

  • 1 Samuel 19:6

    And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

  • Mark 6:23

    And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

  • Genesis 3:5

    For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

  • Exodus 20:7

    Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

  • Matthew 26:72

    And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

  • Deuteronomy 18:10-12

    There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

  • 1 Samuel 14:39

    For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

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14:39; 19:6; Ge 3:5; Ex 20:7; De 18:10-12; 2Sa 14:11; Mt 26:72
Mr 6:23

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 28:9

    And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

  • 1 Samuel 28:10

    And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.

  • 1 Samuel 28:11

    Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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1 Samuel 28:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entoces Saúl le juró por Jehová, diciendo: Vive Jehová, que ningún mal te vendrá por esto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül lui jura par l’ Éternel, disant: L’ Éternel est vivant, s’il t’arrive aucun mal pour cette affaire!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul schwur ihr bei Jehova und sprach: So wahr Jehova lebt, wenn dich eine Schuld treffen soll wegen dieser Sache!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et juravit ei Saul in Domino, dicens: Vivit Dominus, quia non eveniet tibi quidquam mali propter hanc rem.