1 Samuel 18:14

New Century Version

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

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 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.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord was with David, so he was successful in everything.

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 was with David but had left Saul. So Saul was afraid of David. ¹³ He sent David away and made him commander of a thousand soldiers. So David led them in battle. ¹⁴ He had great success in everything he did because the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ When Saul saw that David was very successful, he feared David even more. ¹⁶ But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle. ¹⁷ Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will let you marry her. All I ask is that you remain brave and fight the Lord 's battles." Saul thought, "I won't have to kill David. The Philistines will do that." ¹⁸ But David answered Saul, saying, "Who am I? My family is not important enough for me to become the king's son-in-law." ¹⁹ So, when the time came for Saul's daughter Merab to marry David, Saul gave her instead to Adriel of Meholah. ²⁰ Now Saul's other daughter, Michal, loved David. When they told Saul, he was pleased. ²¹ He thought, "I will let her marry David. Then she will be a trap for him, and the Philistines will defeat him." So Saul said to David a second time, "You may become my son-in-law."

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 whom Sarah will have at this same time next year."

Genesis 18:1
Later, the Lord again appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent during the hottest part of the day.

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When Abraham saw them, he ran from his tent to meet them. He bowed facedown on the ground before them

Genesis 18:10
Then the Lord said, "I will certainly return to you about this time a year from now. At that time your wife Sarah will have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent which was behind him.

Numbers 11:23
But the Lord said to Moses, "Do you think I'm weak? Now you will see if I can do what I say."

Deuteronomy 7:21
Don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you; he is a great God and people are afraid of him.

Deuteronomy 30:3
Then the Lord your God will give you back your freedom. He will feel sorry for you, and he will bring you back again from the nations where he scattered you.

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to his officer who carried his armor, "Come. Let's go to the camp of those men who are not circumcised. Maybe the Lord will help us. The Lord can give us victory if we have many people, or just a few."

2 Kings 4:16
Then Elisha said, "About this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms." The woman said, "No, master, man of God, don't lie to me, your servant!"

Job 36:5
"God is powerful, but he does not hate people; he is powerful and sure of what he wants to do.

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.