King James Version
1 Samuel 10:6 in the King James Version says “And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.”
1 Samuel 10:6 · KJV
And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. salute: Heb. ask thee of peace
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. And: Heb. And it shall come to pass, that when these signs, etc that: Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find
And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“will come”
H6743to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And the Spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“upon thee and thou shalt prophesy”
H5012to prophesy, i.e., speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with them and shalt be turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
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