1 Samuel 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officers to kill David. But Saul's son Jonathan was very fond of David, And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted much in David. Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan had taken a great liking to David
2 so he reported to David, |My father Saul is trying to kill you. Please be careful tomorrow morning. Go into hiding, and stay out of sight. And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself. and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.
3 I'll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you'll be. I'll speak with my father about you. If I find out anything, I'll tell you.| And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you.” I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”
4 So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul. |You should not commit a sin against your servant David,| he said. |He hasn't sinned against you. Instead, he has done some very fine things for you: And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you. Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.
5 He risked his life and killed the Philistine Goliath, and the LORD gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you rejoiced. Why then should you sin by shedding David's innocent blood for no reason?| For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?” He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The LORD won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”
6 Saul listened to Jonathan, and he promised, |I solemnly swear, as the LORD lives, he will not be killed.| And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, “As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death.” Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
7 Jonathan told David all of this. Then Jonathan took David to Saul. So David was returned to his former status in Saul's court. And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before. So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.
8 When war broke out again, David went to fight the Philistines. He defeated them so decisively that they fled from him. And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him. Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.
9 Then an evil spirit from the LORD came over Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was strumming a tune. Then a harmful spirit from the LORD came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre. But an evil spirit from the LORD came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,
10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with his spear. But David dodged it, and Saul's spear struck the wall. David fled, escaping [from Saul] that night. And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.
11 Saul sent messengers to watch David's house and kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, advised him, |If you don't save yourself tonight, you'll be dead tomorrow!| Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” Saul sent men to David’s house to watch it and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”
12 So Michal lowered David through a window, and he ran away to escape. So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped. So Michal let David down through a window, and he fled and escaped.
13 Then Michal took some idols, laid them in the bed, put a goat-hair blanket at its head, and covered the idols with a garment. Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head and covered it with the clothes. Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats’ hair at the head.
14 When Saul sent messengers to get David, Michal said, |He's sick.| And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David themselves. Saul told them, |Bring him here to me in his bed so that I can kill him.| Then Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him.”
16 The messengers came, and there in the bed were the idols with the goat-hair blanket at its head. And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head. But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats’ hair.
17 Saul asked Michal, |Why did you betray me by sending my enemy away so that he could escape?| Michal answered, |He told me, 'Let me go! Why should I kill you?'| Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’” Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?” Michal told him, “He said to me, ‘Let me get away. Why should I kill you?’”
18 David escaped and went to Samuel at Ramah. He told Samuel everything Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to the pastures and lived there. Now David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived at Naioth. When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
19 When it was reported to Saul that David was in the pastures at Ramah, And it was told Saul, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.” Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah|;
20 Saul sent messengers to get David. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying with Samuel serving as their leader, God's Spirit came over Saul's messengers so that they also prophesied. Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men, and they also prophesied.
21 When they told Saul [about this], he sent other messengers, but they also prophesied. Saul even sent a third group of messengers, but they also prophesied. When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied.
22 Then he went to Ramah himself. He went as far as the big cistern in Secu and asked [the people], |Where are Samuel and David?| He was told, |Over there in the pastures at Ramah.| Then he himself went to Ramah and came to the great well that is in Secu. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” And one said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.” Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.
23 As he went toward the pastures at Ramah, God's Spirit came over him too. He continued his journey, prophesying until he came to the pastures at Ramah. And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.
24 He even took off his clothes as he prophesied in front of Samuel and lay there naked all day and all night. This is where the saying, |Is Saul one of the prophets?| came from. And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?” He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
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