Bible verse
But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
1 Samuel 10:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Samuel 10.
23 So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
25 Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
27 But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
KJV
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
ASV
But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
ERV
But certain sons of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
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