◄ 1 Samuel 10:12 ►
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Good News Translation
A man who lived there asked, "How about these other prophets--who do you think their fathers are?" This is how the saying originated, "Has even Saul become a prophet?"

New Revised Standard Version
A man of the place answered, “And who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Contemporary English Version
"Why not?" one of them answered. "Saul has as much right to be a prophet as anyone else!" That's why everyone started saying, "How can Saul be a prophet?"

New American Bible
And someone from that district responded, “And who is their father?” Thus the saying arose, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?

of the same place [heb] from thence

Isaiah 54:13 All thy children shall be taught of the Lord: and great shall be the peace of thy children.

John 6:45 It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh forth me.

John 7:16 Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

Context
Samuel's Signs Fulfilled
…11And all that had known him yesterday and the day before, seeing that he was with the prophets, and prophesied, said to each other: What is this that hath happened to the son of Cis? is Saul also among the prophets? 12And one answered another, saying: And who is their father? therefore it became a proverb: Is Saul also among the prophets?13And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:13
And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.

1 Samuel 19:23
And he went to Najoth, in Ramatha, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied till he came to Najoth, in Ramatha.

1 Samuel 19:24
And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets?

1 Samuel 10:11
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