1 Samuel 9:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the asses of Kish, father of Saul, are lost, and Kish saith unto Saul his son, `Take, I pray thee, with thee, one of the young men, and rise, go, seek the asses.'

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  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate!
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 and he hath thirty sons riding on thirty ass-colts, and they have thirty cities, (they call them Havoth-Jair unto this day), which `are' in the land of Gilead;
  • 1 Sam 10:2 : 2 In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

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  • 1 Sam 9:4-8
    5 verses
    85%

    4And he passeth over through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passeth over through the land of Shalisha, and they have not found; and they pass over through the land of Shaalim, and they are not; and he passeth over through the land of Benjamin, and they have not found.

    5They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who `is' with him, `Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.'

    6And he saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, a man of God `is' in this city, and the man is honoured; all that he speaketh doth certainly come; now, we go there, it may be he doth declare to us our way on which we have gone.'

    7And Saul saith to his young man, `And lo, we go, and what do we bring in to the man? for the bread hath gone from our vessels, and a present there is not to bring in to the man of God -- what `is' with us?'

    8And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, `Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.'

  • 1 Sam 10:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14and the uncle of Saul saith unto him, and unto his young man, `Whither went ye?' and he saith, `To seek the asses; and we see that they are not, and we come in unto Samuel.'

    15And the uncle of Saul saith, `Declare, I pray thee, to me, what Samuel said to you?'

    16And Saul saith unto his uncle, `He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;' and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.

  • 1 Sam 9:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20As 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?'

    21And Saul answereth and saith, `Am not I a Benjamite -- of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken unto me according to this word?'

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    78%

    2In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

  • 1 Sam 10:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21and he bringeth near the tribe of Benjamin by its families, and the family of Matri is captured, and Saul son of Kish is captured, and they seek him, and he hath not been found.

    22And they ask again at Jehovah, `Hath the man yet come hither?' and Jehovah saith, `Lo, he hath been hidden near the vessels.'

  • 1 Sam 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name `is' Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

    2and he hath a son, and his name `is' Saul, a choice youth and goodly, and there is not a man among the sons of Israel goodlier than he -- from his shoulder and upward, higher than any of the people.

  • 1 Kgs 13:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27And he speaketh unto his sons saying, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle `it'.

    28And he goeth and findeth his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion are standing near the carcase -- the lion hath not eaten the carcase nor destroyed the ass.

  • 1 Kgs 13:13
    72%

    13And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it,

  • 1 Sam 11:5
    72%

    5and lo, Saul hath come after the herd out of the field, and Saul saith, `What -- to the people, that they weep?' and they recount to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And Samuel saith, `And what `is' the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'

    15And Saul saith, `From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'

  • 1 Sam 16:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who `is' with the flock.'

    20And Jesse taketh an ass, `with' bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

  • 1 Sam 9:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And Saul saith to his young man, `Thy word `is' good; come, we go;' and they go unto the city where the man of God `is'.

    11They 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'?'

  • 1 Sam 24:2
    70%

    2And Saul taketh three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goeth to seek David and his men, on the front of the rocks of the wild goats,

  • 1 Sam 14:17
    70%

    17And Saul saith to the people who `are' with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?' and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

  • 1 Kgs 2:40
    70%

    40and Shimei riseth, and saddleth his ass, and goeth to Gath, unto Achish, to seek his servants, and Shimei goeth and bringeth his servants from Gath.

  • 1 Sam 9:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26And they rise early, and it cometh to pass, at the ascending of the dawn, that Samuel calleth unto Saul, on the roof, saying, `Rise, and I send thee away;' and Saul riseth, and they go out, both of them -- he and Samuel, without.

    27They are going down in the extremity of the city, and Samuel hath said unto Saul, `Say to the young man that he pass on before us (and he passeth on), and thou, stand at this time, and I cause thee to hear the word of God.'

  • Job 1:14
    70%

    14And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, `The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

  • 1 Sam 9:18
    70%

    18And 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?'

  • Judg 19:3
    69%

    3And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man `is' with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

  • Gen 22:3
    69%

    3And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

  • Gen 37:15
    69%

    15And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?'

  • 1 Sam 26:2
    69%

    2And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

  • 1 Sam 17:34
    69%

    34And David saith unto Saul, `A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come -- and the bear -- and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,

  • 2 Sam 19:26
    69%

    26And he saith, `My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for thy servant said, I saddle for me the ass, and ride on it, and go with the king, for thy servant `is' lame;

  • Gen 44:3
    68%

    3The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

  • 1 Sam 16:2
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    2And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.' And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

  • Deut 22:3
    68%

    3and so thou dost to his ass, and so thou dost to his garment, and so thou dost to any lost thing of thy brother's, which is lost by him, and thou hast found it; thou art not able to hide thyself.

  • 1 Chr 9:39
    68%

    39And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.

  • Num 31:34
    68%

    34and of asses one and sixty thousand;

  • 1 Sam 9:14
    68%

    14And they go up in to the city; they are coming in to the midst of the city, and lo, Samuel is coming out to meet them, to go up to the high place;

  • Num 31:39
    68%

    39and the asses `are' thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah `is' one and sixty;

  • 1 Sam 17:55
    68%

    55And when Saul seeth David going out to meet the Philistine, he hath said unto Abner, head of the host, `Whose son `is' this -- the youth, Abner?' and Abner saith, `Thy soul liveth, O king, I have not known.'

  • 1 Sam 31:8
    68%

    8And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

  • 1 Sam 16:11
    68%

    11And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?' and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.'