1 Samuel 16:2
"How can I go?" Samuel asked. "Saul will hear of it and kill me!" The LORD answered, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'
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How can I go

Exodus 3:11
But Moses asked God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

1 Kings 18:9-14
But Obadiah replied, "How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death? . . .

Matthew 10:16
Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Luke 1:34
"How can this be, " Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

with thee [heb] in thine hand

1 Samuel 9:12
"Yes, he is ahead of you, " they answered. "Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

I am come

1 Samuel 9:12
"Yes, he is ahead of you, " they answered. "Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

1 Samuel 20:29
saying, 'Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.' That is why he did not come to the king's table."

Jeremiah 38:26, 27
then tell them, 'I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.'" . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

King James Bible
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Samuel asked, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" The LORD answered, "Take a young cow with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'

International Standard Version
Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear about this and kill me!" The LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I've come to offer a sacrifice to the LORD.'

NET Bible
Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'
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