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1 Samuel 16:19
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KJ21
Therefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, “Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.”
ASV
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
AMP
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the flock.”
AMPC
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
BRG
¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
CSB
Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
CSBA
Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, ‘Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.’
CEB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the one who keeps the sheep.”
CJB
So Sha’ul sent messengers to Yishai saying, “Send me David your son, who is out with the sheep.”
CEV
Saul sent a message to Jesse: “Tell your son David to leave your sheep and come here to me.”
DARBY
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
DRA
Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures.
ERV
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse. They told Jesse, “You have a son named David. He takes care of your sheep. Send him to me.”
EASY
So Saul sent his men to Jesse with this message: ‘Tell your son David to come to me. That is your son who takes care of your sheep.’
EHV
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
ESV
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
ESVUK
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
EXB
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send me your son David, ·who is with the sheep [the shepherd].”
GNV
¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
GW
Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
GNT
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the one who takes care of the sheep.”
HCSB
Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
ICB
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse. The message said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
ISV
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
JUB
Therefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, Send me David, thy son, who is with the sheep.
KJV
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
AKJV
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
LSB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David who is with the flock.”
LEB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me David your son who is with the sheep.”
TLB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse, asking that he send his son David the shepherd.
MSG
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse requesting, “Send your son David to me, the one who tends the sheep.”
MEV
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
NOG
Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
NABRE
Accordingly, Saul dispatched messengers to ask Jesse to send him his son David, who was with the flock.
NASB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the flock.”
NASB1995
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David who is with the flock.”
NCB
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse saying, “Send me David, your son, who is tending the sheep.”
NCV
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
NET
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.”
NIRV
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse. He said, “Send me your son David, the one who takes care of your sheep.”
NIV
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
NIVUK
Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, ‘Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.’
NKJV
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
NLV
So Saul sent men with news to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David who is with the sheep.”
NLT
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”
NRSVA
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, ‘Send me your son David who is with the sheep.’
NRSVACE
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, ‘Send me your son David who is with the sheep.’
NRSVCE
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me your son David who is with the sheep.”
NRSVUE
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
OJB
Wherefore Sha’ul sent malachim unto Yishai, and said, Send me Dovid binecha, which is with the tzon.
RGT
Therefore, Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David, your son, who is with the sheep.”
RSV
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
RSVCE
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
TLV
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the flock.”
VOICE
So Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse. Saul’s Message: Send your son David, who is watching your flocks, to me. Your king needs his service.
WEB
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
WYC
Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send thou to me David thy son, that is keeping thy beasts. (And so Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send thou to me thy son David, who is keeping watch over thy sheep.)
YLT
And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who [is] with the flock.'
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