1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Samuel 9:9 Now in time past in Israel, when a man went to consult God, he spoke thus: Come, let us go to the seer. For he that is now called a prophet, in time past was called a seer.

A seer. Because of his seeing, by divine light, hidden things, and things to come, (Challoner) by inspiration. (Worthington) --- They had the things which they foretold so clearly in view. The Sybil cries out, Bella, horrida bella. Et Tiberim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. (Virgil)