Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
- BSB But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
- NKJV Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
- NASB Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed, so that I may put him to death.”
- NLT But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Prov 27:3–4A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
- 1 Sam 19:6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
- Ps 37:12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
- Rom 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood.
- Job 31:31if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
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