1 Samuel 18:7 As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

English Standard Version
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

New American Standard Bible
The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands."

King James Bible
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As they celebrated, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.

International Standard Version
As the women sang and played, they said, "Saul has struck down his thousands but David his ten thousands."

American Standard Version
And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Darby Bible Translation
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

Young's Literal Translation
and the women answer -- those playing, and say, 'Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'

Cross References

Exodus 15:21
And Miriam answered them, Sing you to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.

1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

2 Samuel 6:5
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2 Samuel 18:3
But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you succor us out of the city.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:6-11 David's troubles not only immediately follow his triumphs, but arise from them; such is the vanity of that which seems greatest in this world. It is a sign that the Spirit of God is departed from men, if, like Saul, they are peevish, envious, suspicious, and ill-natured. Compare David, with his harp in his hand, aiming to serve Saul, and Saul, with his javelin in his hand, aiming to slay David; and observe the sweetness and usefulness of God's persecuted people, and the barbarity of their persecutors. But David's safety must be ascribed to God's providence.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. the women came out of all cities of Israel—in the homeward march from the pursuit of the Philistines. This is a characteristic trait of Oriental manners. On the return of friends long absent, and particularly on the return of a victorious army, bands of women and children issue from the towns and villages, to form a triumphal procession, to celebrate the victory, and, as they go along, to gratify the soldiers with dancing, instrumental music, and extempore songs, in honor of the generals who have earned the highest distinction by feats of gallantry. The Hebrew women, therefore, were merely paying the customary gratulations to David as the deliverer of their country, but they committed a great indiscretion by praising a subject at the expense of their sovereign.