1 Samuel 18:14

Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord was with David, so he was successful in everything.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and continued to be successful in all his activities because the Lord was with him.

Hebrew Names Version
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

King James Version
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

Lexham English Bible
And David was achieving success in all his ways and Yahweh was with him,

English Standard Version
And David had success in all his undertakings, for the Lord was with him.

New Century Version
He had great success in everything he did because the Lord was with him.

New English Translation
Now David achieved success in all he did, for the Lord was with him.

Amplified Bible
David acted wisely and prospered in all his ways, and the LORD was with him.

New American Standard Bible
David was successful in all his ways, for the LORD was with him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes: for the Lord was with him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And David was prospering in all his ways, and Yahweh was with him.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord helped David, and he and his soldiers always won their battles.

Complete Jewish Bible
David had great success in all his ways; Adonai was with him.

Darby Translation
And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.

George Lamsa Translation
And David was a man of understanding in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

Good News Translation
and was successful in all he did, because the Lord was with him.

Literal Translation
And David acted wisely in all his ways, and Jehovah was with him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid behaued himselfe wysely in all his doynges, and the LORDE was with him.

American Standard Version
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.

Bible in Basic English
And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid behaued him selfe wisely in all his wayes, and the Lorde was with him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

King James Version (1611)
And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes; & the Lord was with him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

English Revised Version
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

Berean Standard Bible
and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid dide warli in alle hise weies, and the Lord was with hym;

Young's Literal Translation
And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Jehovah [is] with him,

Update Bible Version
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD [was] with him.

World English Bible
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.

New King James Version
And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him.

New Living Translation
David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the Lord was with him.

New Life Bible
David did well in all that he did, because the Lord was with him.

New Revised Standard
David had success in all his undertakings; for the Lord was with him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass that David, in all his ways, acted prudently, - and, Yahweh, was with him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

Revised Standard Version
And David had success in all his undertakings; for the LORD was with him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him.

Contextual Overview

¹² The Lord had left Saul and was now with David, so Saul was afraid of David. ¹³ Saul sent David away and made him a commander over 1000 soldiers. This put David out among the men even more as they went into battle and returned. ¹⁴ The Lord was with David, so he was successful in everything. ¹⁵ Saul saw how successful David was and became even more afraid of him. ¹⁶ But all the people in Israel and Judah loved David because he was out among them and led them into battle. ¹⁷ One day Saul said to David, "Here is my oldest daughter, Merab. I will let you marry her. Then you will be like a son to me and you will be a real soldier. Then you will go and fight the Lord 's battles." Saul was really thinking, "Now I won't have to kill David. I will let the Philistines kill him for me." ¹⁸ But David said, "I am not an important man from an important family. I can't marry the king's daughter." ¹⁹ So when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter, Saul let her marry Adriel from Meholah. ²⁰ People told Saul that his daughter Michal loved David. This made Saul happy. ²¹ He thought, "I will use Michal to trap David. I will let Michal marry David, and then I will let the Philistines kill him." So Saul said to David a second time, "You can marry my daughter today."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

behaved: or, prospered, 1 Samuel 18:5

the Lord: 1 Samuel 10:7, 1 Samuel 16:18, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 39:23, Joshua 6:27, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Acts 18:10

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 3:19 - the Lord 1 Samuel 22:7 - the son of Jesse 2 Samuel 7:9 - And I was 1 Kings 2:3 - prosper 2 Kings 18:7 - And the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:8 - I have been Psalms 101:2 - behave Psalms 119:98 - through Proverbs 13:15 - Good Ecclesiastes 4:4 - every Daniel 6:4 - but 1 John 3:12 - And

Cross-References

Genesis 17:21
But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son who Sarah will have. He will be born at this same time next year."

Genesis 18:1
Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the oak trees of Mamre. It was the hottest part of the day, and Abraham was sitting at the door of his tent.

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing in front of him. When he saw the men, he ran to them and bowed before them.

Genesis 18:10
Then one of them said, "I will come again in the spring. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening in the tent and heard these things.

Numbers 11:23
But the Lord said to Moses, "Don't limit my power! You will see that I can do what I say I can do."

Deuteronomy 7:21
Don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you. He is a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 30:3
Then the Lord your God will be kind to you. The Lord your God will make you free again! He will bring you back from the nations where he sent you.

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his young helper who carried his weapons, "Come on, let's go to the camp of those foreigners. Maybe the Lord will use us to defeat them. Nothing can stop the Lord —it doesn't matter if we have many soldiers or just a few soldiers."

2 Kings 4:16
Elisha said, "About this time next spring, you will be holding your own baby boy in your arms." The woman said, "No, sir! Man of God, don't lie to me!"

Job 36:5
"God is very powerful, but he does not hate people. He is very powerful, but he is also very wise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways,.... Both in the court and in the camp, in whatsoever service he was employed; or "prospered" u, as the word also signifies; for, generally speaking, those that behave wisely succeed well; in this he was a type of Christ, Isaiah 52:13; the reason of it follows,

and the Lord [was] with him; from whom he had his wisdom and success; the Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was for his help.''

u משכיל "prospere admodum res gerebat", Vatablus; "secundabatur", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so the Targum and Jarchi.