Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
New American Standard Bible
David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming.
King James Version
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
Holman Bible
So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.
International Standard Version
David sent out spies and found out for certain that Saul had arrived.
A Conservative Version
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul definitely came.
American Standard Version
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
Amplified
David sent out spies, and he learned that Saul was definitely coming.
Darby Translation
David sent out spies, and learned that Saul was certainly come.
Julia Smith Translation
And David will send spies, and he knew that Saul came for a certainty.
King James 2000
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come indeed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
David sent spies, and he learned that Saul had come {for certain}.
Modern King James verseion
And David sent out spies and knew that Saul had come indeed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
he sent out spies and understood that Saul was come of surety.
NET Bible
David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived.
New Heart English Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
The Emphasized Bible
David therefore sent runners, - and took knowledge that Saul had come, for a certainty.
Webster
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.
World English Bible
David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
Youngs Literal Translation
and David sendeth spies, and knoweth that Saul hath come unto Nachon,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 26:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Again Spares Saul
3 And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him. 4 And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming. 5 And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.
Cross References
Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.