Verse 8
1 Samuel 18:8
Literal Standard Version
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And it is exceedingly displeasing to Saul, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he says, “They have given myriads to David, and they have given the thousands to me, and what more is there for him but the kingdom?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּ֨חַר לְ/שָׁא֜וּל מְאֹ֗ד וַ/יֵּ֤רַע בְּ/עֵינָי/ו֙ הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר נָתְנ֤וּ לְ/דָוִד֙ רְבָב֔וֹת וְ/לִ֥/י נָתְנ֖וּ הָ/אֲלָפִ֑ים וְ/ע֥וֹד ל֖/וֹ אַ֥ךְ הַ/מְּלוּכָֽה
English Translation
And Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him, and he said, “They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands, and yet there is only his kingship left for him.”
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Chapter 18 Context
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And Saul takes him on that day, and has not permitted him to return to the house of his father.
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And Jonathan makes—David also—a covenant, because he loves him as his own soul,
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and Jonathan strips himself of the upper robe which is on him, and gives it to David, and his long r...
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And it comes to pass, in their coming in, in David’s returning from striking the Philistine, that th...
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and the women answer—those playing, and say, “Saul has struck among his thousands, || And David amon...
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And it is exceedingly displeasing to Saul, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he says, “They ha...
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And Saul is eyeing David from that day and from then on.
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And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the spirit of sadness from God (Elohim) prospers over Sa...
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and Saul casts the javelin and says, “I strike through David, even through the wall”; and David turn...
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And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for YHWH has been with him, and He has turned aside fro...
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and Saul turns him aside from him, and appoints him to himself for head of one thousand, and he goes...
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And David is acting wisely in all his ways, and YHWH is with him,
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and Saul sees that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him,
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and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.
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And Saul says to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab—I give her to you for a wife; only, be for...
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And David says to Saul, “Who am I? And what is my life—the family of my father in Israel—that I am s...
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And it comes to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she has bee...
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And Michal daughter of Saul loves David, and they declare it to Saul, and the thing is right in his...
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and Saul says, “I give her to him, and she is for a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines is...
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And Saul commands his servants, “Speak to David gently, saying, Behold, the king has delighted in yo...
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And the servants of Saul speak these words in the ears of David, and David says, “Is it a light thin...
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And the servants of Saul declare it to him, saying, “David has spoken according to these words.”
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And Saul says, “Thus you say to David, There is no delight for the king in dowry, but in one hundred...
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And his servants declare these words to David, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be so...
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and David rises and goes, he and his men, and strikes two hundred men among the Philistines, and Dav...
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And Saul sees and knows that YHWH is with David, and Michal daughter of Saul has loved him,
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and Saul adds to be afraid of the presence of David still; and Saul is an enemy of David for all the...
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And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it comes to pass from the time of their coming out,...
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