7The women sang one to another as they played, and said, |Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.|


In Context

4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his sash.

5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

6 It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.

7 The women sang one to another as they played, and said, |Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.|

8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, |They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?|

9 Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

1 Samuel 18:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:7As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sung as they played, and they said: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women sang one to another in their play, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:7and the women answer — those playing, and say, 'Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:7And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.