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


In Context

16 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. It shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.|

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

18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, |Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.|

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

20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

21 David came to Saul, and stood before him. 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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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