1 Samuel 28:16
New International Version
Samuel said, “Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy?

New Living Translation
But Samuel replied, “Why ask me, since the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?

English Standard Version
And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has turned from you and become your enemy?

Berean Standard Bible
“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?

King James Bible
Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

New King James Version
Then Samuel said: “So why do you ask me, seeing the LORD has departed from you and has become your enemy?

New American Standard Bible
Samuel said, “But why ask me, since the LORD has abandoned you and has become your enemy?

NASB 1995
Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary?

NASB 1977
And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary?

Legacy Standard Bible
And Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has turned away from you and has become your adversary?

Amplified Bible
Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?

Christian Standard Bible
Samuel answered, “Since the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samuel answered, “Since the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?

American Standard Version
And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shemueil said to Shaul: “Why do you ask me when LORD JEHOVAH has removed himself from you, and he is with your companion?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?

Contemporary English Version
Samuel said: If the LORD has turned away from you and is now your enemy, don't ask me what to do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival:

English Revised Version
And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Samuel said, "Why are you asking me when the LORD has turned against you and become your enemy?

Good News Translation
Samuel said, "Why do you call me when the LORD has abandoned you and become your enemy?

International Standard Version
Samuel said, "Why do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy?

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Samuel said: 'Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

Literal Standard Version
And Samuel says, “And why do you ask me, and YHWH has turned aside from you, and is your enemy?

Majority Standard Bible
“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?

New American Bible
To this Samuel said: “But why do you ask me, if the LORD has abandoned you for your neighbor?

NET Bible
Samuel said, "Why are you asking me, now that the LORD has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

New Revised Standard Version
Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has turned from you and become your enemy?

New Heart English Bible
Samuel said, "Why then do you ask of me, since the LORD has departed from you and is with your neighbor?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Samuel, Why then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD hath departed from thee, and hath become thy enemy?

World English Bible
Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel saith, 'And why dost thou ask me, and Jehovah hath turned aside from thee, and is thine enemy?

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Saul and the Medium of Endor
15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.” 16“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy? 17He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingship out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 28:15
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" "I am deeply distressed," replied Saul. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."

1 Samuel 28:17
He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingship out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.


Treasury of Scripture

Then said Samuel, Why then do you ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from you, and is become your enemy?

Wherefore

Judges 5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

2 Kings 6:27
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

Psalm 68:1-3
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him…

and is become

Lamentations 2:5
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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1. Achish puts confidence in David
3. Saul having destroyed the witches
4. and now in his fear forsaken of God
7. has recourse to a witch
8. who, encouraged by Saul, raises up Samuel
15. Saul hearing his ruin, faints
21. The woman and his servants refresh him with meat














(16) Seeing the Lord is departed from thee.--In other words, If Jehovah have left thee, why comest thou to consult me, His servant and prophet? The Hebrew word here translated "enemy" is only found in Psalm 139:20 and has been assumed to be an Aramaic form--ain for tsadde. There are, however, no other Aramaic forms in this book, which is written in pure "classical" Hebrew. The letter ain, or the first letter in the text here, through a very slight error of the copyist, could easily have been altered from tsadde, the first letter of the usual word for "enemy." The LXX. and Vulg. Versions apparently had another reading before them, for they translate the last clause of the verse, "and is with thy neighbours."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“Why
וְלָ֖מָּה (wə·lām·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you consult me,”
תִּשְׁאָלֵ֑נִי (tiš·’ā·lê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

asked
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Samuel,
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (šə·mū·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8050: Samuel -- 'name of God', a prophet of Israel

“since the LORD
וַיהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has turned away
סָ֥ר (sār)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from you
מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ (mê·‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition-m | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and become
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

your enemy?
עָרֶֽךָ׃ (‘ā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6145: Perhaps adversary


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