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I Samuel 18:Verse 7

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And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

1 Samuel 21:111 Samuel 21:11Exodus 15:211 Samuel 29:5Exodus 15:21
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What Does I Samuel 18:7 Mean?

Detailed meaning and commentary

"The lyrical comparison between the thousands slain by the king and the ten thousands credited to the youth introduces a lethal tension into the nation..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

American Standard Version
ASV

And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

American King James Version
AKJV

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

and the women answerthose playing, and say, `Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

The women sang one to another as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands."

Darby Translation
Darby

And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

Webster Bible
Webster

And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And the women that made merry responded to each other in song, and said,—Saul, hath smitten, his thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands.

Literal Translation
LITV

And the women who were playing answered and said, Saul has slain his thousands, but David his myriads.

Modern King James
MKJV

And the women answered as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Updated King James
UKJV

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

And the women sang as they danced, and they said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands!”

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And the women sang one to another in their play, and said: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”

Berean Study Bible
BSB

And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

Revised Webster
RWebster

And the women spoke to one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And the wymmen sungen, pleiynge, and seiynge, Saul smoot a thousynde, and Dauid smoot ten thousynde.

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