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1 Samuel 16:17

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Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
1 Samuel 16:17 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
  • BSB And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
  • NKJV So Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
  • NASB So Saul said to his servants, “Now select for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
  • NLT “All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.”

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Christ at the center

The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.

How 1 Samuel 16:17 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And Saulשָׁאוּלsaidאָמַרunto his servantsעֶבֶדProvideרָאָהme now a manאִישׁthat can playנָגַןwellיָטַבand bringבּוֹא
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