1 Samuel 9:11

Lutherbibel

und zur Stadt hinaufstiegen, fanden sie Dirnen, die herausgingen, Wasser zu schöpfen. Zu denselben sprachen sie: Ist der Seher hier?

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Als sie nun hingingen zu der Stadt, da der Mann Gottes war, und die Anhöhe zur Stadt hinaufstiegen, trafen sie Jungfrauen, die herauskamen, um Wasser zu schöpfen; zu denselben sprachen sie: Ist der Seher hier?

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Sie gingen eben die Anhöhe zu der Stadt hinauf, da trafen sie Mädchen, die herauskamen, um Wasser zu schöpfen; und sie sprachen zu ihnen: Ist der Seher hier?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the hill to the city: Heb. in the ascent of the city, found. Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:18-20, Exodus 2:16, Judges 5:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:13 - daughters Proverbs 24:15 - Lay

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as they went up the hill to the city,.... For the city was built upon an hill, from whence it had the name of Ramah, which signifies high and lifted up:

they found young maidens going out to draw water: going out of the city, to a fountain which was at the bottom of the hill; and this was the usual business of maidens in those countries to fetch water for the service of the family, :-,

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:-. R. Akiba e makes this observation, that whenever a man meets maidens coming out of a city before he goes into it, it is a token of prosperity to him; and instances in the cases of Abraham's servant, of Jacob, and of Moses, and here of Saul, who was informed of a kingdom, and anointed for it, see Genesis 24:14 Exodus 2:16,

and said unto them, is the seer here? meaning, is he in the city? or is he at home? or is he in the country?

e In Pirke Eliezer, c. 36. fol. 39. 1. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:11. 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.