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Read›1 Samuel›Chapter 19

Saul Tries to Kill David

1 Samuel 19:16

In 11 translations

BSB
And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the quilt of goats’ hair on its head.
KJV
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
WEB
When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
ASV
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof.
LSV
And the messengers come in, and behold, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows.
YLT
And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats' [hair], [for] his pillows.
DBY
And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' [hair] at its head.
DRC
And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat’s skin at its head.
GNV
And when the messengers were come in, behold, an image was in the bed, with a pillow of goates heare vnder the head of it.
JPS
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the quilt of goats' hair at the head thereof.
LXXE
And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֶל־הַמִּטָּ֑ה וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ κενοτάφια ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης, καὶ ἧπαρ τῶν αἰγῶν πρὸς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ.

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