1 Samuel 9:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you, and on all your father's house?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel directed? Is it not to you and your whole family?"

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not they mind on them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and as for the Asses which were lost thre dayes agoo, care not thou for them, for they are founde. And to whom shall belonge all that is pleasaunt in Israel? Shall it not belonge vnto the and to all thy fathers house?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And as for thine asses that were lost three dayes ago, care not for them: for they are founde; on whom is set all the desire of Israel? is it not vpon thee and on all thy fathers house?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as for thyne asses that were lost three dayes ago, care not for them, for they are founde: And whose shall the beawtiful thinges of Israel be? Belong they not to thee, and vnto all thy fathers house?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? [Is it] not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As to the asses which are lost to thee this day three days, set not thy heart to them, for they have been found; and to whom `is' all the desire of Israel?' is it not to thee and to all thy father's house?'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not they mind on them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not they mind on them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Don’t be concerned about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father’s family?”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 8:5 : 5 And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
  • 1 Sam 12:13 : 13 Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.
  • 1 Sam 9:3 : 3 And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
  • 1 Sam 4:20 : 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for you have borne a son. But she did not answer, nor did she regard it.
  • 1 Sam 8:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,
  • 1 Sam 12:15 : 15 But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have given of my own proper goods, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
  • Col 3:2 : 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 9:3-5
    3 verses
    79%

    3And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.

    4And he passed through the mountains of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and they were not there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.

    5And when they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father stop caring about the donkeys and become worried about us.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    77%

    2When you depart from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and, behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and worries about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

  • 1 Sam 9:21
    74%

    21And Saul answered and said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then do you speak so to me?

  • 1 Sam 10:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14And Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And he said, To seek the donkeys: and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Samuel.

    15And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, please, what Samuel said to you.

    16And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he told him not.

    17And Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah;

  • 1 Sam 9:16-19
    4 verses
    71%

    16Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people from the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.

    17And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man who I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people.

    18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is.

    19And Samuel answered Saul and said, I am the seer: go up before me to the high place; for you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 9:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place.

    13As soon as you come into the city, you shall find him immediately, before he goes up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice; and afterward those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for about this time you shall find him.

  • 1 Sam 28:19
    69%

    19Moreover, the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me: the LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 10:19-22
    4 verses
    68%

    19And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

    20And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

    21When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

    22Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come there. And the LORD answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the equipment.

  • Deut 22:3
    67%

    3In like manner you shall do with his donkey; and so you shall do with his clothing; and with any lost thing of your brother's, which he has lost, and you have found, you shall do likewise; you may not hide yourself.

  • 1 Sam 15:17
    67%

    17And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel?

  • Judg 19:19
    67%

    19Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, for your maidservant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."

  • 1 Sam 12:3
    67%

    3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with it? and I will restore it to you.

  • 1 Sam 9:23-24
    2 verses
    67%

    23And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it aside.

    24And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold what is reserved! set it before you, and eat: for until this time it has been kept for you since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    67%

    27And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it.

  • 1 Kgs 1:20
    67%

    20And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    66%

    2Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.

  • 1 Sam 28:15-16
    2 verses
    66%

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am in great distress; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.

    16Then Samuel said, Why do you ask me, seeing the LORD has departed from you and has become your enemy?

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    66%

    11And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he comes here.

  • 1 Sam 15:19
    66%

    19Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

  • 2 Sam 16:3
    66%

    3And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem: for he said, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

  • 1 Sam 7:3
    66%

    3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

  • Gen 37:15
    66%

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

  • 2 Sam 17:3
    66%

    3And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

  • 2 Kgs 2:17
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    17And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but did not find him.

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    7And now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds that were with us, we did not harm them, nor was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.

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    8That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

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    66%

    19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.

  • 2 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will fall upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men that are with him, there shall not be left so much as one.

  • 2 Sam 19:12
    66%

    12You are my brethren, you are my bones and my flesh; why then are you the last to bring back the king?

  • 1 Sam 10:9
    65%

    9And it happened, that when he turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

  • 2 Sam 19:26
    65%

    26And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, I will saddle an ass for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.