19Why Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, which is with the sheep.


In Context

16 Let our lord now command your servants, which are before you, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.

17 And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

19 Why Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, which is with the sheep.

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 16:19 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which [is] with the sheep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Then Saul sent messengers to Isai, saying: Send me David thy son, who is in the pastures.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19Wherefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send to me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, |Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:19And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, 'Send unto me David thy son, who is with the flock.'