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1 Samuel 19:14

When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.” When Sha'ul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And Saul sent messengers to arrest David, but she said, "He is ill." And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner, but Michal said, "He is sick." When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, "He's sick." And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke. Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but she said, "He is sick." The next morning, Saul sent guards to arrest David. But Michal told them, "David is sick." When Sha'ul sent messengers to capture David, she said, "He's ill." And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick. Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, "David is sick." And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. When Saul's men came to get David, Michal told them that he was sick. And Saul sent messengers to take David. And she said, He is sick. Then Saul sent messaugers, to fetch Dauid. But she sayde: He is sicke. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill. And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid, she said, he is sicke. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.' And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke. And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, "He is ill." Forsothe Saul sente sergeauntis, `that schulden rauysche Dauid, and it was answeride, that he was sijk. And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He [is] sick.' And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick. When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed. When Saul sent men to take David, Michal said, "He is sick." When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." And, when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said - He is, sick. And Saul sent officers to seize David; and it was answered that he was sick. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." And Saul sends messengers to take David, and she says, "He [is] sick." When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Falsehood;   Jealousy;   Michal;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lying;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Lie;   Michal;   Teraphim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Ten Commandments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mi'chal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Michal;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When Saul sent agents to seize David, Michal said, “He’s sick.”
Hebrew Names Version
When Sha'ul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
King James Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
Lexham English Bible
And Saul sent messengers to arrest David, but she said, "He is ill."
English Standard Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
New Century Version
Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner, but Michal said, "He is sick."
New English Translation
When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, "He's sick."
Amplified Bible
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
New American Standard Bible
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but she said, "He is sick."
Contemporary English Version
The next morning, Saul sent guards to arrest David. But Michal told them, "David is sick."
Complete Jewish Bible
When Sha'ul sent messengers to capture David, she said, "He's ill."
Darby Translation
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul sent messengers to take David prisoner. But Michal said, "David is sick."
George Lamsa Translation
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
Good News Translation
When Saul's men came to get David, Michal told them that he was sick.
Literal Translation
And Saul sent messengers to take David. And she said, He is sick.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Saul sent messaugers, to fetch Dauid. But she sayde: He is sicke.
American Standard Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
Bible in Basic English
And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid, she said, he is sicke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'
King James Version (1611)
And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
English Revised Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
Berean Standard Bible
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, "He is ill."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Saul sente sergeauntis, `that schulden rauysche Dauid, and it was answeride, that he was sijk.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul sendeth messengers to take David, and she saith, `He [is] sick.'
Update Bible Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick.
World English Bible
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
New King James Version
So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
New Living Translation
When the troops came to arrest David, she told them he was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
New Life Bible
When Saul sent men to take David, Michal said, "He is sick."
New Revised Standard
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said - He is, sick.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul sent officers to seize David; and it was answered that he was sick.
Revised Standard Version
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick."

Contextual Overview

11Saul sent agents to David’s house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don’t escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow!” 11 Sha'ul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Mikhal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain. 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. 11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard him and to kill him in the morning, but Michal his wife told David, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, then tomorrow you will be killed!" 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, "If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed." 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, saying, "Tonight you must run for your life. If you don't, you will be dead in the morning." 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David's wife Michal told him, "If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!" 11Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed." 11 Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, informed him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death!" 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

she said: Joshua 2:5, 2 Samuel 16:17-19, 2 Samuel 17:20

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:17 - He said 1 Samuel 19:20 - sent messengers

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Genesis 19:4
Before they laid down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:4
Before bedtime, men both young and old and from every part of Sodom surrounded Lot's house.
Genesis 19:4
Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men—both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom—surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down [to sleep], the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house, all the men from every quarter;
Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city—the men of Sodom—surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
Genesis 19:4
But before they went to bed, the men of the citie, euen the men of Sodom compassed the house rounde about from the yong euen to the olde, all the people from all quarters.
Genesis 19:4
Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from young to old, all the people from every quarter;
Genesis 19:4
Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Saul sent messengers to take David,.... Either the same who in the morning inquired for David, or those staying longer than Saul expected, and fearing they were negligent or corrupted, he sent others: to whom

she said, he [is] sick; and in bed, and cannot be spoke with; this lie she told through her affection to David, and to preserve his life; and this stratagem she devised to gain time, that while she was amusing the messengers with this tale of hers, before they could discover the truth of the matter David would be out of their reach; whereas, had she denied his being at home, or signified that he had made his escape, they would have immediately pursued after him, and he would have been in danger of being taken by them.


 
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