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Revised Standard Version

1 Samuel 18:24

And the servants of Saul told him, "Thus and so did David speak."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   David;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Michal;   Philistines;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Benjamin;   David;   Michal;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David;   Dowry;   Leaven;   Michal;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The servants reported back to Saul, “These are the words David spoke.”
Hebrew Names Version
The servants of Sha'ul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
King James Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
Lexham English Bible
So the servants of Saul informed him, saying, "This is what David said."
English Standard Version
And the servants of Saul told him, "Thus and so did David speak."
New Century Version
When Saul's servants told him what David had said,
New English Translation
When Saul's servants reported what David had said,
Amplified Bible
The servants of Saul told him what David said.
New American Standard Bible
Then Saul's servants reported to him, saying, "These are the words David spoke."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the servants of Saul told to him according to these words which David spoke.
Contemporary English Version
The officials went back to Saul and told him exactly what David had said.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul's servants reported back to him how David had responded.
Darby Translation
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
Easy-to-Read Version
Saul's officers told Saul what David said.
George Lamsa Translation
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, These are the words which David spoke.
Good News Translation
The officials told Saul what David had said,
Literal Translation
And Saul's servants spoke to him, saying, David has spoken according to these words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Sauls seruauntes tolde him agayne, and sayde: Soch wordes hath Dauid spoken.
American Standard Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
Bible in Basic English
And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the seruauntes brought Saul word againe, saying: Of this maner spake Dauid.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'
King James Version (1611)
And the seruants of Saul tolde him, saying; On this manner spake Dauid.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke.
English Revised Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
Berean Standard Bible
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the seruauntis telden to Saul, and seiden, Dauid spak siche wordis.
Young's Literal Translation
And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'
Update Bible Version
And the slaves of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
World English Bible
The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
New King James Version
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, "In this manner David spoke."
New Living Translation
When Saul's men reported this back to the king,
New Life Bible
Saul's servants told Saul what David had said.
New Revised Standard
The servants of Saul told him, "This is what David said."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the servants of Saul told him, saying, - According to these words, spake David,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.
THE MESSAGE
When the servants reported David's response to Saul, he told them to tell David this: "The king isn't expecting any money from you; only this: Go kill a hundred Philistines and bring evidence of your vengeance on the king's behalf. Avenge the king on his enemies." (Saul expected David to be killed in action.)
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke.

Contextual Overview

12 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. 13 So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David had success in all his undertakings; for the LORD was with him. 15 And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. 17 Then Saul said to David, "Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you for a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him." 18 And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who are my kinsfolk, my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?" 19 But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to A'driel the Meho'lathite for a wife. 20 Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 Saul thought, "Let me give her to him, that she may be a snare for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time, "You shall now be my son-in-law."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

On this manner: Heb. According to these words, 1 Samuel 18:24

Cross-References

Genesis 18:13
The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?'
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son."
Genesis 18:32
Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."
Isaiah 1:9
If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomor'rah.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.
Acts 27:24
and he said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and lo, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the servants of Saul told him, saying, on this manner spake David. Such and such words were spoken by him, to this purpose; the sum and substance of them were expressive of his unworthiness to be a king's son-in-law, and of his inability to bring a dowry suitable to her quality.


 
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