The Philistines Reject David
1 Samuel 29:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- KJV
- Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- WEB
- Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
- ASV
- Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?
- LSV
- Is this not David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul has struck among his thousands, and David among his myriads?”
- YLT
- Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'
- DBY
- Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- DRC
- Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- GNV
- Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?
- JPS
- Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'
- LXXE
- Is not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?Gr. to or began to celebrate or gave the precedence.
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- Written (Ketiv): בְּרִבְבֹתוֹ׃ ס (“on ten thousand his”). Read aloud (Qere): בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ ס (“on ten thousands his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads בְּרִבְבֹתָֽו׃ ס; read aloud (Qere) reads בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃ ס (“on ten thousands his”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֲלוֹא־זֶ֣ה דָוִ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲנוּ־ל֛וֹ בַּמְּחֹל֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד ברבבתו׃Read aloud as (qere): בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
- LXX-Br
- οὐχ οὗτος Δαυὶδ, ᾧ ἐξῆρχον ἐν χοροῖς, λέγοντες, ἐπάταξε Σαοὺλ ἐν χιλιάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ;
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- 1 Samuel 21:11But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- 1 Samuel 18:6–7As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other…
- Proverbs 27:14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
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