1 Samuel 29:5 “Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has…”

1 Samuel 29:5

Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

World English Bible

Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”

American Standard Version

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

Geneva Bible 1599

Is not this Dauid, of whome they sang in daunces, saying, Saul slewe his thousande, and Dauid his ten thousande?

Darby Translation

Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

Young's Literal Translation

Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'

Bible in Basic English

Is this not David, who was named in their songs, when in the dance they said to one another, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

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Cross references

“Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?”

1 Samuel 21:11 Proverbs 27:14 1 Samuel 18:6 1 Samuel 18:7

1 Samuel 21:11 · BSB

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 27:14 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 instru…

1 Samuel 18:7 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

6So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.

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