1 Samuel 15:27
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New International Version (©2011)
As Samuel turned to leave, Saul caught hold of the hem of his robe, and it tore.

New Living Translation (©2007)
As Samuel turned to go, Saul tried to hold him back and tore the hem of his robe.

English Standard Version (©2001)
As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As Samuel turned to go Saul seized him by the corner of his robe, and it tore.

NET Bible (©2006)
When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it tore.

American King James Version
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold on the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

American Standard Version
And as Samuel turned about to go away,'saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

Darby Bible Translation
And as Samuel turned to go away, Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

English Revised Version
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as Samuel turned about to depart, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

World English Bible
As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samuel turneth round to go, and he layeth hold on the skirt of his upper robe -- and it is rent!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:24-31 There were several signs of hypocrisy in Saul's repentance. 1. He besought Samuel only, and seemed most anxious to stand right in his opinion, and to gain his favour. 2. He excuses his fault, even when confessing it; that is never the way of a true penitent. 3. All his care was to save his credit, and preserve his interest in the people. Men are fickle and alter their minds, feeble and cannot effect their purposes; something happens they could not foresee, by which their measures are broken; but with God it is not so. The Strength of Israel will not lie.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as Samuel turned about to go away,.... From Saul, a different way from Gilgal, perhaps towards his own city Ramah, with an intention to have nothing more to say to Saul, or to do with him, or to see his face no more; so displeased was he with him:

he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle; in order to detain him, and prevent his departure from him, and his going a different way:

and it rent; Samuel twitching away from him with great vehemence and warmth. The Jewish (f) Rabbins are divided about this, whose skirt was rent; some say it was Samuel that rent the skirt of Saul, and by this signified to him, that he that cut off the skirt of his garment should reign in his stead; whereby Saul knew that David would be king when he cut off the skirt of his robe, 1 Samuel 24:4, others, that Samuel rent the skirt of his own mantle himself, which is the way of good men when things are not right; but the plain sense is, that Saul rent the skirt of Samuel's mantle, which, when Samuel saw, he understood what that rent was a sign of, as expressed in the following verse.

(f) Midrash Schemuel, sect. 18. apud Jarchi, Kimchi & Abarbinel in loc.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

27, 28. he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle—the moil, upper tunic, official robe. In an agony of mental excitement, he took hold of the prophet's dress to detain him; the rending of the mantle [1Sa 15:27] was adroitly pointed to as a significant and mystical representation of his severance from the throne.

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Saul's Confession
…26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel. 27And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold on the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 28And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, that is better than you. …

1 Samuel 28:14 "What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.
1 Kings 11:30 and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
1 Kings 11:31 Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes.