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The NET Bible®

1 Samuel 18:9

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Envy;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Prudence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Watching;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hatred;   Malice;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jealousy;   Philistia, philistines;   Saul, king of israel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eye;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Eye (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   Eye;   Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eye;   Goliath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Saul watched David jealously from that day forward.
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul eyed David from that day and forward.
King James Version
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Lexham English Bible
So Saul was watching David with suspicion from that day onward.
English Standard Version
And Saul eyed David from that day on.
New Century Version
So Saul watched David closely from then on, because he was jealous.
Amplified Bible
Saul looked at David with suspicion [and jealously] from that day forward.
New American Standard Bible
And Saul eyed David with suspicion from that day on.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
Contemporary English Version
Saul never again trusted David.
Complete Jewish Bible
From that day on, Sha'ul viewed David with suspicion.
Darby Translation
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Easy-to-Read Version
So from that time on, Saul watched David very closely.
George Lamsa Translation
And Saul began to envy David from that day forward.
Good News Translation
And so he was jealous and suspicious of David from that day on.
Literal Translation
And from that day forward Saul was watching David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And from that daye forth, Saul loked sowerly vpo Dauid.
American Standard Version
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Bible in Basic English
And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forwarde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
King James Version (1611)
And Saul eyed Dauid from that day, and forward.
English Revised Version
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Berean Standard Bible
And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Saul bihelde Dauid not with `riytful iyen, `fro that dai and afterward.
Young's Literal Translation
and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth.
Update Bible Version
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
World English Bible
Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
New King James Version
So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
New Living Translation
So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
New Life Bible
And Saul was jealous and did not trust David from that day on.
New Revised Standard
So Saul eyed David from that day on.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul was eyeing David from that day forward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
Revised Standard Version
And Saul eyed David from that day on.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.

Contextual Overview

6 When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments. 7 The women who were playing the music sang, "Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!" 8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, "They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?" 9 So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward. 10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre that day. There was a spear in Saul's hand, 11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, "I'll nail David to the wall!" But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eyed David: Genesis 4:5, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 31:2, Matthew 20:15, Mark 7:22, Ephesians 4:27, James 5:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 26:14 - envied Judges 9:23 - God 1 Samuel 17:31 - sent for him 1 Samuel 19:1 - And Saul Job 5:2 - envy Ecclesiastes 4:4 - every Matthew 5:22 - That Mark 15:10 - for envy 1 Peter 2:1 - envies

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 31:33
So Laban entered Jacob's tent, and Leah's tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah's tent and entered Rachel's.
Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. Instead of looking pleasantly, and with a smile, upon him, as a courtier and favourite, he was justly entitled to by his gallant behaviour, he looked at him with a sour, ill natured look; he looked at him with an evil, spiteful, malicious, and envious eye; or he diligently watched and observed all his motions and actions, whether they tended to disloyalty and treason, to dethrone him, and take the kingdom to himself, which he was suspicious of; he laid wait for him, as the Targum, and laid snares too, as the following history shows.


 
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