1 Samuel 9:27

Lutherbibel

Und da sie kamen hinab an der Stadt Ende, sprach Samuel zu Saul: Sage dem Knecht, daß er uns vorangehe (und er ging voran); du aber stehe jetzt still, daß ich dir kundtue, was Gott gesagt hat.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und als sie am Ende der Stadt hinabstiegen, sprach Samuel zu Saul: Sage dem Knaben, daß er vor uns hingehe und er ging hin du aber stehe jetzt still, daß ich dir kundtue, was Gott gesagt hat!

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
W�hrend sie an das Ende der Stadt hinuntergingen, sprach Samuel zu Saul: Sage dem Knaben, da� er uns vorausgehe (und er ging voraus); du aber stehe jetzt still, da� ich dich das Wort Gottes h�ren lasse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Bid the servant: 1 Samuel 20:38, 1 Samuel 20:39, John 15:14, John 15:15

a while: Heb. to-day

that I may: 1 Samuel 15:16, 2 Kings 9:5, 2 Kings 9:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:16 - matter

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as they were going down to the end of the city,.... That end of it that led the way to the place where Saul was going. As this city was built on an hill, going to the end of it was a declivity, a descent:

Samuel said to Saul, bid the servant pass on before us; being another man's servant, he did not choose of himself to bid him go on, but desired his master to order him to go before them, that he might not hear what Samuel had to say to Saul, or see what he did unto him; for as the choice of Saul to be king was to be declared by lot, as coming from the Lord, all those precautions were taken of rising early, and going abroad, and sending the servant before them, that it might not be thought that Samuel did this of himself:

and he passed on; his master bidding him:

but stand thou still a while; that he might hear the better, and more attentively than in walking; such a posture was most fitting also for what was to be done, anointing him with oil:

that I may show thee the word of God: tell him more of the mind of God concerning his being king, and declare more fully the word, will, and decree of God about that matter, by an action which would put it out of all doubt that he was the man God designed to be king, as in the following chapter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 9:27. As they were going down — So it appears that Saul arose immediately, and Samuel accompanied him out of the town, and sent the servant on that he might show Saul the word - the counsel or design, of the Lord. What this was we shall see in the 1 Samuel 10:0.