16But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats' hair.


In Context

13 Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats' hair at the head.

14 When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, "He is ill."

15 Then Saul sent the men back to see David and told them, "Bring him up to me in his bed so that I may kill him."

16 But when the men entered, there was the idol in the bed, and at the head was some goats' hair.

17 Saul said to Michal, "Why did you deceive me like this and send my enemy away so that he escaped?" Michal told him, "He said to me, 'Let me get away. Why should I kill you?' "

18 When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

1st Samuel 19:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ [hair] for his bolster.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, they found an image upon the bed, and a goat's skin at its head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats hair at the head thereof.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' hair at its head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers had come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair for his bolster.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.