1 Samuel 28:25

The Darby Translation

and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

Hebrew Names Version
and she brought it before Sha'ul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

King James Version
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Lexham English Bible
She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went away that very night.

English Standard Version
and she put it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

New Century Version
She put the food before them, and they ate. That same night they got up and left.

New English Translation
She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

Amplified Bible
She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went away that night.

New American Standard Bible
She then served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and left that night.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then she brought them before Saul, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stoode, and went away the same night.

Legacy Standard Bible
And she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.

Contemporary English Version
Then she served the food to Saul and his officers, who ate and left before daylight.

Complete Jewish Bible
She served it to Sha'ul and his servants, and they ate. Afterwards, they got up; and they went away that night.

Easy-to-Read Version
The woman put the food before Saul and his officers and they ate. Then they got up and left during the night.

George Lamsa Translation
And she brought it before Saul and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up and went away that night.

Good News Translation
She set the food before Saul and his officers, and they ate it. And they left that same night.

Literal Translation
And she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants. And they ate, and rose up, and went on during that night.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& broughte them forth before Saul, & before his seruauntes. And whan they had eaten, they stode vp, and wete their waye yt nighte.

American Standard Version
and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Bible in Basic English
And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And brought them before Saul, and before his seruauntes: And when they had eaten, they stoode vp, & went away the same night.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

King James Version (1611)
And she brought it before Saul, and before his seruants, and they did eate: then they arose vp, and went away that night.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she brought the meat before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate, and rose up, and departed that night.

English Revised Version
and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Berean Standard Bible
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and settide bifor Saul and bifor hise seruauntis, and whanne thei hadden ete, thei risiden, and walkiden bi al that nyyt.

Young's Literal Translation
and bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.

Update Bible Version
and she brought it before Saul, and before his slaves; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Webster's Bible Translation
And she brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.

World English Bible
and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

New King James Version
So she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

New Living Translation
She brought the meal to Saul and his advisers, and they ate it. Then they went out into the night.

New Life Bible
She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and went away that night.

New Revised Standard
She put them before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and brought near before Saul and before his servants, and they did eat. Then rose they up and departed, the same night.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that night.

Revised Standard Version
and she put it before Saul and his servants; and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night. ²¹ And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, thy bondmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened to thy words which thou spokest to me. ²² And now, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy bondmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on thy way. ²³ But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed. ²⁴ And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof; ²⁵ and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants, and they did eat,.... Of the fatted calf, and unleavened bread, which she set upon a table before them, in the best manner she could:

then they rose up, and went away that night; that it might not be seen in what house they had been, and that they might get to the camp without being discovered by the Philistines, or known by the Israelites that they had been out.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 28:25. They rose up, and went away that night. — The transactions of this chapter occupy one night only.

1. Saul came by night to En-dor, 1 Samuel 28:8.

2. He consulted the woman, and had his conference with Samuel the same night; for no time whatever appears to have been lost after his arrival at En-dor.

3. He was overcome by the heavy tidings which he heard; and which for a time appear to have deprived him of all power.

4. The woman kills a calf; dresses a part; makes and bakes bread; and Saul and his servants eat. And,

5. They rose and went away that night, 1 Samuel 28:25. The next day, in all probability, the battle happened in which Israel was defeated, and Saul and his sons lost their lives.

THERE is a considerable diversity of opinion, both among learned and pious men, relative to the subject mentioned in this chapter, that of raising Samuel from the dead. Some deny the possibility of the thing, and say that it was the devil that personified Samuel; and others, that the whole was the imposition of this cunning woman, and that there was no supernatural agency in the business. This is not a proper place to argue the point. I have given my opinion in the notes. I may sum up in a few particulars.

1. I believe there is a supernatural and spiritual world, in which HUMAN spirits, both good and bad, live in a state of consciousness.

2. I believe there is an invisible world, in which various orders of spirits, not human, live and act.

3. I believe that any of these spirits may, according to the order of God, in the laws of their place of residence, have intercourse with this world, and become visible to mortals.

4. I believe there is a possibility, by arts not strictly good, to evoke and have intercourse with spirits, not HUMAN; and to employ, in a certain limited way, their power and influence.

5. I believe that the woman of En-dor had no power over Samuel; and that no incantation can avail over any departed saint of God, nor indeed over any human disembodied spirit.

6. I believe Samuel did actually appear to Saul; and that he was sent by the especial mercy of God to warn this infatuated king of his approaching death, that he might have an opportunity to make his peace with his Maker.

7. I believe that the woman found, from the appearances, that her real or pretended charms had no effect; and that what now took place came from a totally different disposition of things from those with which she was conversant.

8. I believe that direct, circumstantial, and unequivocal oracles were now delivered concerning things which neither human nor diabolical wisdom could foresee or penetrate; that the defeat of the Israelites, and the death of Saul and his three sons on the following day, were matters which, from their nature, could only be known to God himself; and that no demon or bad spirit could be employed in such a transaction.