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1 Samuel 18:7
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KJ21
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
ASV
And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
AMP
The women sang as they played and danced, saying, “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”
AMPC
And the women responded as they laughed and frolicked, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
BRG
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
CSB
As they danced, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.
CSBA
As they danced, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.
CEB
The women sang in celebration: “Saul has killed his thousands, but David has killed his tens of thousands!”
CJB
In their merrymaking the women sang, “Sha’ul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.”
CEV
They sang: Saul has killed a thousand enemies; David has killed ten thousand!
DARBY
And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
DRA
And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
ERV
The women sang, “Saul has killed his thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.”
EASY
They sang this song while they danced: ‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies. And David has killed tens of thousands of his enemies.’
EHV
The women sang to each other as they played: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
ESV
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
ESVUK
And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
EXB
As they played, they sang, “Saul has ·killed thousands of his enemies [T slain his thousands], ·but [and] David has ·killed [T slain his] tens of thousands.”
GNV
And the women sang by course in their play, and said, Saul hath slain his thousand, and David his ten thousand.
GW
The women who were celebrating sang, “Saul has defeated thousands but David tens of thousands!”
GNT
In their celebration the women sang, “Saul has killed thousands, but David tens of thousands.”
HCSB
As they celebrated, the women sang: Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands.
ICB
As they played, they sang, “Saul has killed thousands of his enemies. But David has killed tens of thousands!”
ISV
As the women sang and played, they said, “Saul has struck down his thousands but David his ten thousands.”
JUB
And the women sang as they played and said, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands.
KJV
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
AKJV
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
LSB
And the women sang as they were merry and said, “Saul has struck his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”
LEB
And the women sang as they danced, and they said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands!”
TLB
However, this was their song: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands!”
MSG
As they returned home, after David had killed the Philistine, the women poured out of all the villages of Israel singing and dancing, welcoming King Saul with tambourines, festive songs, and lutes. In playful frolic the women sang, Saul kills by the thousand, David by the ten thousand! This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult. He said, “They credit David with ‘ten thousands’ and me with only ‘thousands.’ Before you know it they’ll be giving him the kingdom!” From that moment on, Saul kept his eye on David.
MEV
The dancing women sang and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
NOG
The women who were celebrating sang, “Saul has defeated thousands but David tens of thousands!”
NABRE
The women played and sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, David his tens of thousands.”
NASB
The women sang as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”
NASB1995
The women sang as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”
NCB
As the women danced, they sang, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David has killed his ten thousands.”
NCV
As they played, they sang, “Saul has killed thousands of his enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands.”
NET
The women who were playing the music sang, “Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!”
NIRV
As they danced, they sang, “Saul has killed thousands of men. David has killed tens of thousands.”
NIV
As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
NIVUK
As they danced, they sang: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.’
NKJV
So the women sang as they danced, and said: “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.”
NLV
The women sang as they played, and said, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
NLT
This was their song: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands!”
NRSVA
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.’
NRSVACE
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.’
NRSVCE
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
NRSVUE
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has killed his thousands and David his ten thousands.”
OJB
And the nashim answered one another as they played, and said, Sha’ul hath slain his alafim, and Dovid his revavot (myriads).
RGT
And the women sang as they played, and said, “Saul has killed his thousand, and David his ten thousand!”
RSV
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
RSVCE
And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
TLV
So the women sang one to another, as they were dancing saying, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands!”
VOICE
At one point, the women sang as they danced and celebrated. Women: Saul has slain his thousands, and David, his tens of thousands.
WEB
The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
WYC
And the women sang, playing, and saying, Saul hath slain a thousand, and David ten thousand. (And the women sang to one another as they danced, saying, Saul hath killed thousands, but David hath killed tens of thousands.)
YLT
and the women answer -- those playing, and say, `Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'
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