1 Samuel 9:17
◄  1 Samuel 9:17  ►
New International Version (©2011)
When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the LORD said to him, "This is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people."

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said, "That's the man I told you about! He will rule my people."

English Standard Version (©2001)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! This one shall rule over My people."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, "Here is the man I told you about; he will rule over My people."

International Standard Version (©2012)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, "Here is the man I told you about. This man will rule over my people."

NET Bible (©2006)
When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said, "Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Samuel noticed Saul, the LORD told him, "There's the man I told you about. This man will govern my people."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people.

American King James Version
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man whom I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people.

American Standard Version
And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah said unto him, Behold, the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Behold the man, of whom I spoke to thee, this man shall reign over my people.

Darby Bible Translation
And as Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee! this man shall rule over my people.

English Revised Version
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man of whom I spake to thee! this same shall have authority over my people.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee! this same shall reign over my people.

World English Bible
When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, "Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people."

Young's Literal Translation
When Samuel hath seen Saul, then hath Jehovah answered him, 'Lo, the man of whom I have spoken unto thee; this one doth restrain My people.'

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Samuel saw Saul,.... Who could not but take notice of him for his height, and which might give him a suspicion he was the man the Lord had spoken of to him; and the rather, because this was the exact time in which he was to be sent to him, and therefore he fixed his eyes upon him: and that he might be assured it was he, and be left at no uncertainty about it:

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Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord answered him, sc., in reply to the tacit inquiry, 'Is this he?' "Behold, this is the man of whom I spake to thee." עצר, coercere imperio.

Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Behold the man whom I spake to thee of - What an intimate communion must Samuel have held with his God! A constant familiarity seems to have existed between them.

Geneva Study Bible

And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

King James Translators' Notes

reign over: Heb. restrain in

1 Samuel 9:17 Parallel Commentaries
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Saul Chosen as King
…16To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me. 17And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man whom I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people. 18Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer's house is. …

1 Samuel 9:18 Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, "Would you please tell me where the seer's house is?"
1 Samuel 16:12 So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; this is the one."
Jeremiah 32:8 "Then, just as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, 'Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.' "I knew that this was the word of the LORD;