1 Samuel 16:19
What does 1 Samuel 16:19 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 16:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who <FI>is<Fi> with the flock.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David, thy son, who is in the pastures.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.
Context
v.18Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.
v.19This passage
v.20And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 113:8
That he may set him with princes, Even with the princes of his people.
- 1 Samuel 17:33
And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
- Amos 7:14
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
- 1 Kings 19:19
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
- Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.
- Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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