1 Samuel 9 · Verse 11

1 Samuel 9:11

And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

1 Samuel 9:11, King James Version

1 Samuel 9:11 in other translations

BSB	And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
WEB	As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
ASV	As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
YLT	They are going up in the ascent of the city, and have found young women going out to draw water, and say to them, ‘Is the seer in this place?'
DARBY	As they went up the ascent to the city, they met maidens going forth to draw water; and they said to them, Is the seer here?
BBE	And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?
Webster	And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?

What does 1 Samuel 9:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 9:11-13

11-13. as they went up the hill--The modern village, Er-Rameh, lies on an eminence; and on their way they met a band of young maidens going out to the well, which, like all similar places in Palestine, was beyond the precincts of the town. From these damsels they learned that the day was devoted to a festival occasion, in honor of which Samuel had arrived in the city; that a sacrifice had been offered, which was done by prophets in extraordinary circumstances at a distance from the tabernacle, and that a feast was to follow--implying that it had been a peace offering; and that, according to the venerable practice of the Israelites, the man of God was expected to ask a special blessing on the food in a manner becoming the high occasion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 Young maidens going out to draw water - So far is it from being true, that young women were always kept closely shut up at home, that we find them often in the field, drawing and carrying water, as here.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 9:11-17

The very maid-servants of the city could direct to the prophet. They had heard of the sacrifice, and could tell of the necessity for Samuel's presence. It is no small benefit to live in religious and holy places. And we should always be ready to help those who are seeking after God's prophets. Though God had, in displeasure, granted Israel's request for a king, yet he sends them a man to be captain over them, to save them out of the hand of the Philistines. He does it, listening graciously to their cry.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 9:11 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.

הֵ֗מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992

עֹלִים֙'o.Lim[were] going upH5927

בְּמַעֲלֵ֣הbe.ma.'a.Lehon [the] ascent ofH4608

הָעִ֔ירha.'Irthe cityH5892

וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ve.He.mahand theyH1992

מָצְא֣וּma.tze.'Uthey foundH4672

נְעָר֔וֹתne.'a.Rotyoung womenH5291

יֹצְא֖וֹתyo.tze.'otcoming outH3318

לִשְׁאֹ֣בlish.'Oto drawH7579

מָ֑יִםMa.yimwaterH4325

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559

לָהֶ֔ןla.Hento <the> them

הֲיֵ֥שׁha.Yesh¿ [is] thereH3426

בָּזֶ֖הba.Zehin this [place]H2088

הָרֹאֶֽה\׃ha.ro.'Ehthe seerH7203

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 9:11

Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Judges 5:11
They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.
Genesis 24:18-20
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the hill to the city. Heb. in the ascent of the city.found.
Ge 24:11,18-20; Ex 2:16; Jud 5:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

1 Samuel 9:10
Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
1 Samuel 9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
1 Samuel 9:12
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

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1 Samuel 9:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y cuando subían por la cuesta de la ciudad, hallaron unas mozas que salían por agua, á las cuales dijeron: ¿Está en este lugar el vidente?
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Comme ils montaient la montée de la ville, ils trouvèrent des jeunes filles qui sortaient pour puiser de l’eau, et ils leur dirent: Le voyant est-il ici?
German Elberfelder 1871	Sie gingen eben die Anhöhe zu der Stadt hinauf, da trafen sie Dirnen, die herauskamen, um Wasser zu schöpfen; und sie sprachen zu ihnen: Ist der Seher hier?
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Cumque ascenderent clivum civitatis, invenerunt puellas egredientes ad hauriendam aquam, et dixerunt eis: Num hic est videns?