1 Samuel 19:12
What does 1 Samuel 19:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 19:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away, and escaped.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped.
Context
v.11And Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
v.12This passage
v.13And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
- Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
- Acts 9:24
but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:
- 2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
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