1 Samuel 14:37
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And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
In other translations
And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁאַלvaiyish'aland he enquiredH7592שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586בֵּאלֹהִיםbelohimby GodH430הַאֵרֵדha'ered¿ will I go downH3381אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310פְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430הֲתִתְּנֵםhatitenem¿ will you give themH5414בְּיַדbeyadin [the] hand ofH3027יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808עָנָהוּ'anahuhe answered himH6030בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַהוּא׃hahu'<the> thatH1931
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