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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 19

Saul Tries to Kill David

1 Samuel 19:14

In 11 translations

BSB
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
KJV
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
WEB
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
ASV
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
LSV
And Saul sends messengers to take David, and she says, “He [is] sick.”
YLT
And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, 'He [is] sick.'
DBY
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
DRC
And Saul sent officers to seize David: and it was answered that he was sick.
GNV
And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.
JPS
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'
LXXE
And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח שָׁא֛וּל מַלְאָכִ֖ים לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר חֹלֶ֥ה הֽוּא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους λαβεῖν τὸν Δαυὶδ, καὶ λέγουσιν ἐνοχλεῖσθαι αὐτόν.

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👤 David👤 Saul◆ Reign of Saul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 2:5At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
  • 2 Samuel 17:20When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to…
  • 2 Samuel 16:17–19“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?” “Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will…

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