KJV King James Version
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
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1 Samuel 9:8
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
WEB World English Bible
The servant answered Saul again, and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, ‘Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 9
5 [And] when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that [was] with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave [caring] for the asses, and take thought for us.
6 And he said unto him, Behold now, [there is] in this city a man of God, and [he is] an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and [there is] not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for [he that is] now [called] a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God [was].
11 [And] as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
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וַיֹּ֤סֶףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againהַנַּ֙עַר֙H5288 · na.aryouthלַעֲנ֣וֹתH6030 · unto dwellאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שָׁא֔וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּה֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdנִמְצָ֣אH4672 · ma.tsato findבְיָדִ֔יH3027 · yadhandרֶ֖בַעH7253 · re.vafourthשֶׁ֣קֶלH8255 · she.qelshekelכָּ֑סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְנָֽתַתִּי֙H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְהִגִּ֥ידH5046 · na.gadto tellלָ֖נוּH9035 · nuusאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דַּרְכֵּֽנוּ׃H1870 · de.rekhway: conduct
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