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Friday, September 12th, 2025
the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 18:24

And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.'

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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
And the servants of Saul told him, "Thus and so did David speak."
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 And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Jehovah hath been with him, and from Saul He hath turned aside; 13 and Saul turneth him aside from him, and appointeth him to himself head of a thousand, and he goeth out an cometh in, before the people. 14 And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Jehovah [is] with him, 15 and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him, 16 and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them. 17 And Saul saith unto David, `Lo, my elder daughter Merab -- her I give to thee for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valour, and fight the battles of Jehovah;' and Saul said, `Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.' 18 And David saith unto Saul, `Who [am] I? and what my life -- the family of my father in Israel -- that I am son-in-law to the king?' 19 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife. 20 And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes, 21 and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, `By the second -- thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.'

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
and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also [is] old!'
Genesis 18:14
And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why [is] this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'
Genesis 18:32
And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, `I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.'
Isaiah 1:9
Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!
Jeremiah 5:1
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.
Acts 27:24
saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

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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