1 Samuel 29:5
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Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
In other translations
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Hebrew words
הֲלוֹא־halo'-¿ notH3808זֶהzeh[is] thisH2088דָוִדdavidDavidH1732אֲשֶׁר'asherwhomH834יַעֲנוּ־ya'anu-people singH6030לוֹloof <the> himבַּמְּחֹלוֹתbamecholotin <the> dancesH4246לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הִכָּהhikahhe has struck downH5221שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586בַּאֲלָפָיוba'alafav<on> thousands hisH505וְדָוִדvedavidand DavidH1732בְּרִבְבֹתָיו׃ סberivotov<on> ten thousands hisH7233
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 21:11And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- Proverbs 27:14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
- 1 Samuel 18:6-76 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.6 As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments. 7 And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
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