1 Samuel 16:16

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

baiklah tuanku menitahkan hamba-hambamu yang di depanmu ini mencari seorang yang pandai main kecapi. Apabila roh jahat yang dari pada Allah itu hinggap padamu, haruslah ia main kecapi, maka engkau merasa nyaman."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
baiklah tuanku menitahkan hamba-hambamu yang di depanmu ini mencari seorang yang pandai main kecapi. Apabila roh jahat yang dari pada Allah itu hinggap padamu, haruslah ia main kecapi, maka engkau merasa nyaman."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Hendaklah kiranya tuanku menitahkan patik sekalian, yang menghadap tuanku ini, mencahari seorang yang pandai memetik kecapi, maka akan jadi kelak, apabila syaitan dari pada Allah itu merasuk tuanku, bolehlah ia memetik dengan tangannya, lalu sembuhlah tuanku.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But the spirite of the Lorde departed from Saul, and an euill spirite [sent] of the Lord vexed him. ¹⁵ And Sauls seruauntes said vnto him: Beholde, an euill spirite [sent] of God vexeth thee. ¹⁶ Let our Lorde therefore commaunde thy seruauntes (that are before thee) to seeke a man that is a cunnyng player with an harpe: that when the euill spirite of God commeth vpon thee, he may play with his hande, & thou shalt be eased. ¹⁷ Saul sayd vnto his seruauntes: Prouide me a man then that can play well, and bring him to me. ¹⁸ The aunswered one of his seruauntes and said: Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite, that can play vpon instrumentes, and is strong, valiaunt, and a man of warre, and prudent in doing of feates, and well made, and the Lorde is with him. ¹⁹ Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Isai, and said: Sende me Dauid thy sonne, which is with the sheepe. ²⁰ And Isai tooke an asse [laden] with bread, and a flacket of wine, and a kyd, and sent them by Dauid his sonne vnto Saul. ²¹ And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him, and he loued him very well, & he was made his harnesse bearer. ²² And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let Dauid nowe remaine with me, for he hath founde fauour in my sight. ²³ And so when the [euill] spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid toke an harpe and played with his hand: and so Saul was refreshed, & did amende, and the euyll spirite departed from him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

before thee: 1 Samuel 16:21, 1 Samuel 16:22, Genesis 41:46, 1 Kings 10:8

play: 1 Samuel 16:23, 1 Samuel 10:5, 2 Kings 3:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:10 - played 2 Samuel 6:5 - David

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let our Lord now command thy servants which are before thee,.... Meaning either themselves, or some of a more inferior rank, who were in some post and office at court, waiters there, such as yeomen of the guards:

to seek out a man who is a cunning player on the harp: a musical instrument much in use in those days:

and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee; when in a melancholy mood, and Satan takes the advantage of it to distress and terrify, to spread the gloom, and stir up evil passions, and promote distraction and confusion:

that he shall play with his hand: upon the harp, that being not an instrument of wind, but of hand music:

and thou shalt be well: music being a means of cheering the spirits, and removing melancholy and gloomy apprehensions of things, and so of restoring to better health of body and disposition of mind; and that music has such an effect on the bodies and minds of men is certain from observation and experience in all ages. Music has been found to be medicine to various diseases, not only for the curing of the bite of vipers, and of the tarantula, but for easing the pains of the sciatica, and for helping persons labouring under the disorders of the frenzy k; and Pythagoras used to compose the mind, and remove the perturbations of it, by the use of the harp l, the thing here advised to.

k A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 4. c. 13. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 2. c. 17. Vid. Philostrat. Vit. Apollon. Tyan. l. 5. c. 7. l Seneca de Ira, l. 3. c. 9.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The medicinal effects of music on the mind and body, especially as appeasing anger, and soothing and pacifying a troubled spirit, are well known. It is deeply interesting to have the youthful David thus brought before us, as using music for its highest purpose, that of turning the soul to the harmony of peace and love. We may infer that some of his Psalms, such e. g. as Psalms 23:1-6, were already composed.