Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him."
New American Standard Bible
Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on
King James Version
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
Holman Bible
Saul sent the agents back to see David and said, “Bring him on his bed so I can kill him.”
International Standard Version
Then Saul sent messengers to check on David. He told them, "Bring him to me on the bed so I may kill him."
A Conservative Version
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
American Standard Version
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
Amplified
Then Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed [if necessary], so that I may kill him.”
Bible in Basic English
And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.
Darby Translation
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.
Julia Smith Translation
And Saul will send the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up in his bed to me to kill him.
King James 2000
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, so that I can kill him."
Modern King James verseion
And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed so that I may kill him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Saul sent the messengers to see David saying, "Bring him to me, bed and all, that he may be slain."
New Heart English Bible
Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."
The Emphasized Bible
So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, - Bring him up in the bed unto me, that I may put him to death.
Webster
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
World English Bible
Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, 'Bring him up in the bed unto me,' -- to put him to death.
Themes
Beds » A small pallet or mattress used as
Jealousy » Instances of » Saul, of david
Interlinear
Shalach
Ra'ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 19:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
David Has To Flee Again
14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, "He's sick." 15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him." 16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat's hair at its head.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:6
Saul accepted Jonathan's advice and took an oath, "As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death."
Job 31:31
if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' --
Psalm 37:12
Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
Proverbs 27:3-4
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
Romans 3:15
"Their feet are swift to shed blood,