1 Samuel 26:4

In 11 translations

BSB

David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.

KJV

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.

WEB

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.

ASV

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

LSV

and David sends spies, and knows that Saul has come to Nachon,

YLT

and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,

DBY

David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.

DRC

He sent spies, and learned that he was most certainly come thither.

GNV

(For Dauid had sent out spies, and vnderstood, that Saul was come in very deede)

JPS

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.

LXXE

And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul was come prepared out of Keila.

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WLC

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד מְרַגְּלִ֑ים וַיֵּ֕דַע כִּֽי־בָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־נָכֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ κατασκόπους, καὶ ἔγνω ὅτι ἥκει Σαοὺλ ἕτοιμος ἐκ Κεϊλά.

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• Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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