1 Samuel 28:10
Good News Translation
Then Saul made a sacred vow. "By the living LORD I promise that you will not be punished for doing this," he told her.

New Revised Standard Version
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

Contemporary English Version
Saul replied, "I swear by the living LORD that nothing will happen to you because of this."

New American Bible
But Saul swore to her by the LORD, “As the LORD lives, you shall incur no blame for this.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.

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And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.

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1 Samuel 14:39 As the Lord liveth, who is the Saviour of Israel, if it was done by Jonathan, my son, he shall surely die. In this none of the people gainsayed him.

1 Samuel 19:6 And when Saul heard this, he was appeased with the words of Jonathan, and swore: As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.

Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard, . . .

2 Samuel 14:11 And she said: Let the king remember the Lord his God, that the next of kin be not multiplied to take revenge, and that they may not kill my son. And he said: As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

Matthew 26:72 And again he denied with an oath: I know not the man.

Mark 6:23 And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.

Context
Saul and the Medium of Endor
9And the woman said to him: Behold thou knowest all that Saul hath done, and how he hath rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the land: why then dost thou lay a snare for my life, to cause me to be put to death? 10And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth, there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.11And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:9
And the woman said to him: Behold thou knowest all that Saul hath done, and how he hath rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the land: why then dost thou lay a snare for my life, to cause me to be put to death?

1 Samuel 28:11
And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

1 Samuel 28:9
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